American Educator, Summer 2010

Volume 34, no. 2

High Stakes Can Result in Low Standards
Linda Perlstein
Score Inflation Is Common in Education—and Other Fields
Daniel Koretz
Real Reform Will Renew, Not Abandon, Our Neighborhood Schools
Diane Ravitch
Increasing Math and Science Learning by Improving Spatial Thinking
Nora S. Newcombe
Continuous Improvement: Making Evaluation a Tool for Increasing Teacher—and Student—Learning: Q&A with Maria Neira, Marcia Reback, Mary Cathryn Ricker, and Brenda Smith