Race to the Top Executive Summary

http://iss.schoolwires.com/1531107121081787/lib/1531107121081787/RTTT-ExecutiveSummary.pdf

National Standards: A New Conventional Wisdom

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/feb93/vol50/num05/National_Standards@_A_New_Conventional_Wisdom.aspx

Has the Time Come for National Standards?

http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/infobrief/vol15/issue2/summary/Has_the_Time_Come_for_National_Standards%C2%A2.aspx

Obama's plan to revamp NCLB

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/01/AR2010020101129.html?hpid%3Dmoreheadlines

What are the Essential Standards for North Carolina?

http://seclang.ncwiseowl.org/curriculum___instruction/essential_standards

North Carolina's "Framework for Change"

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/basis/overview.pdf

What's the debate?

With the pressure of high stakes testing fraying the nerves of all parties involved, not the least of which are the students, Laurel and I have decided to research the efficacy of National Standards.