HOME SCHOOL: FOR SOME AN OPTION, FOR OTHERS AN IMPERATIVE
Twenty years ago I learned a new synonym for the word frustration: dyslexia. I first saw the term in a report by a pediatrician, who cited dyslexia as an explanation for the fact that our youngest daughter Lisa, could not learn to read.
Norma D. Fuller, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1989, p.7-10
NORMS, STANDARDS, AND NONSENSE: TESTING POLICY GONE BAD
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This article has two purposes. First, a brief analysis of the changing meaning of educational quality is provided. Second, several ideas related to the measurement of educational quality will be presented to illustrate the effect of the revised definition of educational quality on home school families, home school policy, and the law.