Educational interventions: possibilities for improvement? 'It certainly would be legitimate for taxpayers--who foot the bill for the 90% of students who attend public schools--to ask why, after three decades of reform, there is no measurable progress'.

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Educational interventions: possibilities for improvement? 'It certainly would be legitimate for taxpayers--who foot the bill for the 90% of students who attend public schools--to ask why, after three decades of reform, there is no measurable progress'.

ONE of the most prominent issues in the U.S. today is school reform. Educators, politicians, and the general public 'all identify file need to improve the educational system. A bipartisan opinion poll conducted in 2002 by the Educational Testing Service found that reforming education is a high priority for Americans, with only family values and fighting terrorism ranking higher. A primary source of concern stems from well-publicized international test score comparisons demonstrating that U.S. students lag behind pupils from a number...

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