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A Nation At Risk: 30 Years Later April 26, 2013 Thirty years ago, A Nation at Risk was released to a surprised country. Suddenly, Americans woke up to learn that SAT scores were plummeting and children were learning a lot less than before. This report became a turning point in modern U.S. education history and marked the beginning of a new focus on excellence, achievement, and results. Due in large part to this report, we now judge a school by whether its students are learning rather than how much money is going into it, what its programs look like, or its earnest intentions. Education reform today is serious about standards, quality, assessment, accountability and benchmarking—by school, district, state and nation. This is new since 1983 and it’s very important. Yet we still have many miles to traverse before we sleep. Our students still need to learn far more and our schools need to become far more effective. To recall the impact of A Nation at Risk these past three decades and to reflect on what lies ahead, watch this short retrospective developed by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the American Enterprise Institute: A Nation at Risk: Thirty Years Later. 美国《国家风险》报告发布30年 教育危机依然存在 据美联社报道，30年前，里根总统政府时期的美国教育部发布《国家风险》（A Nation at Risk）报告，为美国敲响了警钟，该报告阐述了美国未来教育的不足以及为避免危机发生而应采取的措施。报告警告说学校没有对学生未来的前途做足准备，而 美国将为此遭受损失。因此，报告呼吁美国学校对教授学生知识的方式和内容进行彻底修正，并发起教育改革运动；此外还建议校方与教师签订每年11个月的工作 合同，以利于教师在暑期备课。这一30年前发布的风险报告恰巧反映了美国今天的教育现状，数据显示，25%的美国人没有高中学历，年轻人中完成本科学业的比例也落后于其他国家。而且，美国学生的数学成绩也落后于其他国家的学生，他们对新技术领域也不擅长。布鲁金斯学会布朗教育政策中心主任拉斯·怀特赫斯特（Russ Whitehurst）表示，30年前发布的这份国家风险报告颇具先见之明，认为“它强调了技术发挥着日益重要作用，同时全球化应当成为必修课的主题之一。”此外，专家们还呼吁将每学年学生在校时间从180天提高到220天，同时为提高“专业竞争力”建议增加教师的工资待遇。 A Nation At Risk: 30 Years After Report, Schools Remain Mostly Unchanged WASHINGTON -- U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people arent adept at new technology. Americas economy will suffer if schools dont step up their game. A Nation at Risk, the report issued 30 years ago thi