Changing Paradigms for Education in 21st Century USA

Author: Edmund W. Gordon, I, Edmund W. Gordon, II, John Lawrence Aber, and David Berliner

Consulting Editors: James Greeno and Carl Kaestle

Conceptions of education are changing rapidly offering new practices and outcomes. The authors of this paper are asked to explore the changing conceptions of education, changing practices, new ideas and emerging notions concerning education, and to speculate about possible future practice of education in the USA. Education is broadly conceived and its many possible expressions and settings are considered. Implications are drawn for possible demands on educational measurement.