INNES: TUCKER/NCEE IS PROBABLY BEHIND SCANS TOO \doc\web\98\09\tuckscan.txt Jun 1989 The NCEE assembles the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce. [CH] William E. Brock is Co-Chair, Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce [AmC, pg. iv] 1990 Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills is established. [SIS pg. vii] William E. Brock is Chairman, Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills [SIS, pg. iii] Date sent: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 21:15:41 -0500 From: "Richard G. Innes" <70224.434@compuserve.com> Subject: [education-consumers] RE: Tucker didn't do SCANS? To: "ClearingHouse" Send reply to: "Richard G. Innes" <70224.434@compuserve.com> ===================================================================== ECC/Loop I usually don't like to fully repost, but Art Hu's correspondence with Lynn Sutter needs to be replayed in full first to get the gist of what I am going to add: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (From Art:) >OK, now I remember. Somebody showed me the SCANS documents, >and the plan it set out was an obvious dead ringer for the Tucker >report. Whether or not Tucker actutually contributed to it directly, much >of it was obviously stolen or otherwise appears in the SCANS, they both >propose the performance based testing and CIM credentialing idea as the >basis for restructuring American education, and fit into the whole >school-to-work and outcome based education scheme of things. (Repeated in Art's message from Lynn) >>Date sent: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 12:36:55 >>To: arthurhu@halcyon.com >>From: "Lynn M Stuter" >>Subject: you piece on standards-based education >> Very good!!! I have one question, however. I have heard others try to >> connect CSAW and Tucker to the SCANS commission. I've seen no >> documentation that proves conclusively that Tucker had any influence on >>the SCANS commission even though three individuals that were on the CSAW >>were also on the SCANS comission: William Brock, Lauren Resnick and >>Badi Foster. While I have no doubt these individuals represented the >>Tucker philosophy, that is a conclusion that people draw of their own >>accord when they see the names associated with both CSAW and SCANS. It >>is not a fact, however, and to state it as such gives advocates >>something to shoot at in your otherwise excellent piece. >>LynnS Lynn M Stuter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here's some time line information from several references. My code reference is listed at the beginning of each SIS "SCANS In The Schools" prepared for The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, U.S. Dept. of Labor, by Pelavin Associates, Inc. 2030 M Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036, June, 1992. AmC "America's Choice: high skills or low wages," Executive Summary, National Center on Education and the Economy, 39 State Street, Suite 500, Rochester, NY 14614 (Note, now moved to Washington, DC). 1990. CH "Chronological History" An attachment to letter from NCEE to me, 27 March 1995, Suite 750, 700 11th St. NW, Washington, DC 20001. TSC "Teaching the SCANS Competencies" the SCANS, U.S. Dept. of Labor 1993. Here are some interesting dates/facts: Jun 1989 The NCEE assembles the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce. [CH] William E. Brock is Co-Chair, Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce [AmC, pg. iv] 1990 Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills is established. [SIS pg. vii] William E. Brock is Chairman, Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills [SIS, pg. iii] Jun 1990 NCEE releases "America's Choice: high skills or low wages," and creates Workforce Skills Program to implement the recommendations [CH] Sep 1991 NCEE works with Congress to introduce federal legislation to implement recommendations in "America's Choice." [CH] Jul 1992 "Learning a Living: A Blueprint for High Performance, the final SCANS report, is published. Dec 1993 Workforce Skills Program starts work on Dept. of Labor contract to provide technical assistance to eht skills standards pilot projects. Jan 1995 President Clinton appoints Marc Tucker to the National Skill Standards Board. This factual chronology pretty well establishes the Tucker relationship in my mind. Tucker's NCEE document preceded the SCANS report by two years. A Tucker apostle, Mr. Brock, first chaired NCEE and later chaired SCANS. Brock was joined in this dual role by Resnick and Foster (and, later, by Mrs. Clinton, who was a director of NCEE [AmC, pg. 12] and certainly gained considerable sway with all executive agencies beginning in 1993). By 1995, Tucker's direct influence was undeniable. I think Art Hu was absolutely correct, even though he never said that Tucker was absolutely the drive behind SCANS. 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