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Reaching
For a Better Standard Teachers
College Press, New York, NY Thomas
A. Wilson
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Thomas A. Wilson uses the tradition of English school inspection as a mirror for reflecting on the dilemma in American School accountability. Reaching for a Better Standard ranks as one of the most authoritative description of inspection to date, but its focus on American issues is what makes it compelling and controversial. This book will be indispensable to all that are interested in teaching, educational assessment, administration, leadership, policy, and reform. Praise for this Book: "…Suppose
you could take [a] step back and see the whole inspection
process through other eyes? That is what Thomas A. Wilson's
Reaching for a Better Standard [Teachers College Press] allows.
This American book sets out to examine the English school
inspection system with a view to finding out whether there are
lessons to be learned for American schools. Well written and lively, it makes absorbing reading – one of the few education books you could read for pleasure. … It is beautifully done, and entirely convincing." -Times Educational Supplement (London, November 15, 1996. Section 2, p.7.)
"This
is a book which strikes at the cultural center of how we define
good work in schools Wilson speaks like an elder of the tribe,
and we all need to hear his wise words."
"Much of what Tom Wilson so thoughtfully describes will hopefully be adapted to our local school communities. He's given us tools of immense value for tackling our own school crises." –Deborah Meier, Founder, Central Park East Schools
"We should pay attention to what Wilson tells us in this thorough and important book. American education needs the fresh and humane eye that the best of inspection can provide us." –Theodore R. Sizer, Director, Annenberg Institute for School Reform
"This
book could not be more timely or significant. We need basic
change in our thought and practice of accountability. Wilson
points us on the way."
"Destined
to provoke controversy as it challenges us to rethink how we
evaluate schools."
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