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What Do Our 17-Year-Olds Know? A Report on the First National Assessment of History and Literaturereviewed by Michael W. Apple - 1988 Title: What Do Our 17-Year-Olds Know? A Report on the First National Assessment of History and Literature Author(s): Diane Ravitch, Chester E. Jr. Finn Publisher: John Wiley, New York ISBN: 006091520X, Pages: , Year: Search for book at Amazon.com One of the most fundamental questions one should ask about the
schooling process is "What knowledge is of most worth?" This is a
deceptively simple question, since the conflicts over what should
be taught have been, and continue to be, sharp and deep. It is not
only an educational issue, but one that is inherently ideological
and political, one that is caught up in the history of class, race,
and gender relations in the United States.1 What Do
Our I7-Year Olds Know? is a report based on the testing of a
national sample of high school juniors. It focuses on telling us
what students know and do not know, and while it is supposedly
about an objective appraisal of the lamentable state of our
students' knowledge of history and literature, in reality it is a
continuation of the conflicts over the multiple answers to
Spencer's basic curriculum question.
For Ravitch and Finn, our schools are, in essence, a disaster
area. The grades they would give... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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