Stories of the Eight-Year Study: Reexamining Secondary Education in America

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Contents Foreword ix John I. Goodlad Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Vignette: Wilford Merton Aikin (1882–1965): Hope, Success, and Realistic Expectations 17 Chapter 1: The Educational Context of the Eight-Year Study 25 Vignette: V. T. Thayer (1886–1979): A Middle Position of Integrity without Compromise 39 Chapter 2: Tests and Records: The Veneer of College Admissions 47 Vignette: Eugene Randolph Smith (1876–1968): Recognizing “the futility of statistics as an end in itself” 63 Chapter 3: An Essential Faith: From Tests and Measurement to Appraisal and Evaluation 71 Vignette: Understanding Ralph Tyler (1902–1994) 89 Chapter 4: Guidance, Human Relations, and the Study of Adolescents 97 Vignette: Alice V. Keliher (1903–1995): Fate, Frank, and Film 113 Chapter 5: The Conception of Needs: A Dilemma of Progressive Education 121 Vignette: Caroline Zachry (1894–1945): None Quite Like Our Dr. Zachry 135 vii Chapter 6: The Core Curriculum: Rethinking Curriculum and Instruction 143 Vignette: Harold Alberty (1890–1971) and the Quest for Core 161 Chapter 7: The Importance of Social Philosophy: Democracy as a Way of Life 169 Vignette: Boyd H. Bode (1873–1953): Philosophy Brought Down to Earth 183 Chapter 8: Staff Development: Teacher Workshops as Personal and Professional Growth 189 Vignette: Margaret Willis (1899–1987): And Gladly Would She Learn 203 Chapter 9: Reexamining Secondary Education in America 211 Appendix A: The Thirty Schools of the Commission on the Relation of School and College 225 Appendix B: Testing Bureaus and Projects Related to the Aikin Commission 237 Appendix C: Excerpt from a Comprehensive Student Record 241 Glossary 243 Abbreviations 247 Notes 249 Annotated Bibliography 287 Index 291 viii Contents ...