{"product_id":"9780807771556","title":"A Learning-Centered Framework for Education Reform: What Does It Mean for National Policy?","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her new book, Betty Demarest describes a bold agenda for education reform—one that is firmly grounded in a synthesis of educational research about learning, teaching, and the contexts of education. The author’s “learning-centered” framework includes: (1) a broad and balanced set of education goals, (2) a multi-faceted concept of achievement, (3) classroom capacity for learning, (4) systemic capacity and infrastructure, (5) shared, reciprocal accountability, and (6) systems of multiple assessments. New research-based concepts in these six areas are critically compared to older concepts behind standards-based reform and No Child Left Behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul type=\"\" disc\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eA comprehensive, alternative framework for future education reform that focuses on improving the core educational practices of learning, teaching, content, and leadership.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eA federal role that emphasizes meaningful partnerships rather than top-down control.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eA critique of past standards and present accountability-based frameworks, with implications of the learning-centered framework for future national policy, especially ESEA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn operational definition of educational capacity, a re-conceptualization of accountability, and a sharp reversal of the relative emphasis placed on these strategies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth J. Demarest\u003c\/strong\u003eis an education consultant living in Alexandria, Virginia. She was formerly with the U.S. Department of Education and the National Education Association.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Betty Demarest clearly defines a learning-centered framework for improving policy and practice. Practitioners can benefit from the strategies outlining a clear pathway for transforming to learning-centered practice in our nation’s classrooms.” —\u003cstrong\u003eGerald N. Tirozzi\u003c\/strong\u003e, executive director, National Association of Secondary School Principals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Betty Demarest’s deep experience with research and policy development allows her to re-envision reform at many levels, all based on research evidence for valid concepts and practices of teaching and learning. This book is a welcome gift to policymakers and practitioners.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eRoland Tharp\u003c\/strong\u003e, research professor, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Demarest provides a research-based foundation for informed discussion and debate as Congress renews federal education law. Her synthesis of key issues should provide a starting point for any serious discussion of the way forward in federal education policy.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eMary Haywood Metz\u003c\/strong\u003e, professor emerita, University of Wisconsin–Madison\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107326509296,"sku":"9780807771556","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807771556_p0.jpg?v=1763739511","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807771556","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}