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3 Considering the Options
Pages 27-30

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... The first part addresses the primary options or policy choices; the second part addresses criteria for evaluating the options. The primary policy choices to be made include: • i entifying a process for agreeing on common standards; d •  etermining the intended scope of the standards across subjects, d grades, and states; and •  etermining how the standards will be implemented.
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From page 28...
... As one participant put it, "the standards conversation could get trapped by the problem of how and what you measure -- so that has to be on the table from the start." Another pointed out that policy change rarely takes place according to logical frameworks, and that a bottom-up push, perhaps stimulated by the examples set by independent groups, such as the advanced placement or international baccalaureate programs, could end up influencing the outcome significantly.
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... CONSIDERING THE OPTIONS 29 FIGURE 3-1  Draft options framework.
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... Opportunity cost Evaluation of what might be lost if policy attention focuses on common standards at the expense of alternative policy options, such as improving No Child Left Behind, improving teacher preparation, etc.
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