Assessing the quality of the common core state standards for mathematics

Educational Researcher

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 183-185

  Cobb, Paul ^a   Jackson, Kara ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

content analysis; educational policy; educational reform; mathematics education; standard setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958174037     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X11409928     Document Type: Article

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