Secondary education in the USA: an effort to introduce uniform educational standards within a multicultural society

 
PIIS020736760002282-9-1
DOI10.31857/S020736760002282-9
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Occupation: Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor
Affiliation:
Moscow State Technological University “Stankin“
Institute of Economics, RAS
Journal nameObshchestvo i ekonomika
EditionIssue 10
Pages101-114
Abstract

The article deals with the long-standing transformation of the secondary education system in the USA, primarily with the implementation of the uniform federal Core Knowledge standards. With public concern over high school undergraduates testing, lately implemented in Russia, the controversial experience of the USA is of great interest.

Keywordseducation system, education policy, Common Core State Standards, testing, employment, ethnic minorities, immigration, multi-culturalism, public schools
Received30.11.2018
Publication date11.12.2018
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