would be of greater value, greater benefit, to poor kids, nonwhite kids?
It has, we think, a special benefit and a special value to those kids. But this is not at all to say that it’s not beneficial to white kids and affluent kids. If you walked into a school prior to the standards movement, if you walked into a school and asked the principal what third graders should know, she would give you an answer. You walked into another school and asked what the third graders should know in that school, you get another answer. So it was very hit-and-miss. … Standards gives parents the information to know what they can expect from that school for their child. …
