What about Us? Standards-Based Education and the Dilemma of Student Subjectivity

Over the past three decades, the standards-based reform movement has transformed K-12 education in the United States, culminating with passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002. Beyond making reasonable accommodations for special needs students, standards-based education pays little attention to other areas of student difference, relying instead on a "e;rational actor"e; model of student exp...