Ravitch was for a long time an enthusiastic supporter of the choice and accountability movement in education reform.

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Scale is the trick, and unfortunately the testing and accountability movement has not been able to even adequately manage a single district.

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Some critics of the choice and accountability movement have suggested national voluntary curriculum and standards so that kids in Arizona and kids in Connecticut are learning at the same level, or at least have the same basic set of guidelines.

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