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American Journal education Vol. 102 1993-94 November 1-122 February 123-260 May 261-382 August 383-580 American Journal education Board of Editors Philip W. Jackson John E. Craig Robert Dreeben Susan S. Stodolsky Zalman Usiskin Editorial Assistants Diana Gillooly Laura S. Grillo Board of Student Editors Eileen Fernandez Gregg Goldberg Kim Hermanson Nidhi Mehrotra Barbara Winicki Carl Bereiter, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Larry Cuban, Stanford University Joyce Epstein, Johns Hopkins University Gary Fenstermacher, Arizona State University Michael Fullan, University of Toronto Lynn Gordon, University of Rochester James Guthrie, University of California, Berkeley Walter M. Haney, Boston College Eric Hanushek, University of Rochester Valerie Lee, University of Michigan David Plank, Michigan State University Gail Thomas, Texas A&M University William Velez, University of Wisconsin— Milwaukee ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO READERS The American Journal of Education gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following readers in evaluating manuscripts. Arthur Applebee Nona Lyons Alexander W. Astin Lorraine M. McDonnell David Baker Richard M. Merelman Miriam Bassok John W. Meyer Max Bell Jeffrey Mirel Mary Jean Bowman Robert Mislevy Steven G. Brint Elsie Moore Stephen V. Cameron Jan K. Nespor Wanda Cassidy Nel Noddings Elizabeth E. Cohen Michael Olneck Larry Cuban John Olson Brian Delany Ruben Rumbaut Joyce Epstein Kevin Ryan Gary Fenstermacher John Schuerman Dianne Ferguson Michael Seltzer Michael Fullan Lorrie Shepard James J. Gallagher Francis Shrag Michael Garrett Robert E. Slavin Lin Goodwin Peter Smagorinsky Lynn D. Gordon Mark Smylie Kris Gutierrez Kenneth Strike Gunhild Hagestad Neil Sutherland Maureen Hallinan Gary Sykes Walter M. Haney Joan Talbert Eric Hanushek Martin Trow Andrew Hargreaves William Velez Jurgen Herbst Joan Vondra Asa Hilliard Xiao Lei Wang Kenneth Howe Joseph Williams Jullian Jacobi Jon D. Willms Michael Katz Mark Wilson Mary Kennedy Arthur Wirth Deborah Kerdeman Carol Witherell Ellen Lagemann John Witte Bradley Levinson Richard Wolf Karen Seashore Louis Kenneth Wong American Journal of | @ Vol. 102 1993-94 November 1-122 February 123-260 May 261-382 August 383-580 ARTICLES Anstead, ChristopherJ. ,a nd Ivor F. Goodson. Structure and Media- tion: Glimpses of Everyday Life at the London Technical and Commercial High School, 1920-1940 (November, p. 55) Baker, Eva L. Researchers and Assessment Policy Development: A Cau- tionary Tale (August, p. 450) Callan, Eamonn. Beyond Sentimental Civic Education (February, p- 190) Darling-Hammond, Linda. National Standards and Assessments: Will They Improve Education? (August, p. 478) Frederiksen, Norman. The Integration of Testing with Teaching: Ap- plications of Cognitive Psychology in Instruction (August, p. 527) Gamoran, Adam. Alternative Uses of Ability Grouping in Secondary Schools: Can We Bring High-Quality Instruction to Low-Ability Class- rooms? (November, p. 1) Hurtado, Sylvia. Graduate School Racial Climates and Academic Self- Concept among Minority Graduate Students in the 1970s (May, p. 330) Kirst, Michael W. The Politics of Nationalizing Curricular Content (Au- gust, p. 383) Lee, Valerie E., Christopher Mackie-Lewis, and Helen M. Marks. Persistence to the Baccalaureate Degree for Students Who Transfer from Community College (November, p. 80) Lee, Valerie E., and Robert G. Croninger. The Relative Importance of Home and School in the Development of Literacy Skills for Middle-Grade Students (May, p. 286) Leiter, Jeffrey, and Matthew C. Johnsen. Child Maltreatment and School Performance (February, p. 154) Linn, Robert L. Evaluating the Technical Quality of Proposed National Examination Systems (August, p. 565) e Vol. 102 1993-94 McDonnell, Lorraine M. Assessment Policy as Persuasion and Regula- tion (August, p. 394) Miller-Bernal, Leslie. Single-Sex versus Coeducational Environments: A Comparison of Women Students’ Experiences at Four Colleges (Novem- ber, p. 23) Porter, Andrew C. National Standards and School Improvement in the 1990s: Issues and Promise (August, p. 421) Resnick, Lauren B. Performance Puzzles (August, p. 511) Seixas, Peter. Confronting the Moral Frames of Popular Film: Young People Respond to Historical Revisionism (May, p. 261) Talbert, Joan E., and Milbrey W. McLaughlin. Teacher Professional- ism in Local School Contexts (February, p. 123) REVIEW ESSAYS Madaus, George F. Testing’s Place in Society: An Essay Review of Testing Testing: Social Consequences of the Examined Life by F. Allen Hanson (February, p. 222) Parker, Michelle B. The Place of Teachers’ Voices in Education (Febru- ary, p. 244) Vallance, Elizabeth. Relearning Art-Museum Education (February, p- 235) BOOK REVIEWS Bryk, Anthony S., Valerie E. Lee, and Peter B. Holland, Catholic Schools and the Common Good. Peter H. Rossi (May, p. 352) Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, Kevin Rathunde, and Samuel Whalen, Tal- ented Teenagers: The Roots of Success and Failure. Lauren A. Sosniak (May, p. 359) Fullan, Michael, Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educational Reform. Jon Snyder (May, p. 378) Mirel, Jeffrey, The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907-1981. Jon C. Teaford (February, p. 255) Nelson, David, George Gheverghese Joseph, and Julian Williams, Multicultural Mathematics. Zalman Usiskin (May, p. 372) Nunes, Terezinha, Analucia Dias Schliemann, and David William Car- raher, Street Mathematics and School Mathematics. Zalman Usiskin (May, p. 372) Rich, John Martin, and Joseph L. De Vitis, Competition in Education. John G. Nicholls (November, p. 115) Sarason, Seymour B., The Case for Change: Rethinking the Preparation of Educators. Jon Snyder (May, p. 378) American Journal of Education Semel, Susan F., The Dalton School: The Transformation of a Progressive School. Arthur Zilversmit (November, p. 118) Thorne, Barrie, Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School. Daniel G. Freed- man (February, p. 259) Wrigley, Julia, ed., Education and Gender Equality. Joan N. Burstyn (May, p. 369) Zilversmit, Arthur, Changing Schools: Progressive Education Theory and Practice, 1930-1960. jeffrey Mirel (May, p. 363) REVIEWERS Joan N. Burstyn (May, p. 369) Daniel G. Freedman (February, p. 259) Jeffrey Mirel (May, p. 363) John G. Nicholls (November, p. 115) Peter H. Rossi (May, p. 352) Lauren A. Sosniak (May, p. 359) Jon Snyder (May, p. 378) Jon C. Teaford (February, p. 255) Zalman Usiskin (May, p. 372) Arthur Zilversmit (November, p. 118) Vol. 102 1993—94 vii