No School Left Behind - 9781032023359

Taylor & Francis

No School Left BehindImplementation of Chinas New Mathematics Curriculum Reform (20002020)\nAuthor(s): Wei Gao, Xianwei Liu\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032023359, 978-1032023359\nSynopsis\nBased on the fieldwork carried out at two elementary schools, Merits School and Pioneer School, in northeastern China, the monograph details how local schools enacted the New Mathematics Curriculum Reform that was launched in early 2000.\n\nThe trajectory of the reform implementation at each school was plotted out. Both schools resorted to a long-standing quality control mechanism, [url] teaching norms, to operationalize the reform ideas. The mechanism functioned by placing teachers under measurable supervision and evaluation aligned with the reform. The schools responded to the reform following school peoples raising practical concerns, as well as the established school culture. Merits School arrived at a \""two-faced stra.