Educational Reform in the Soviet Union and the United States: An Analysis and Comparison

Attempts to reform educational policies and practices have been increasing in recent decades. Since the early 1980s, both the United States and the Soviet Union have engaged in significant efforts to improve and/or restructure their educational systems. Analyses and contrasts these efforts in terms of the reform goals, philosophies,procedures, outcome criteria and personnel practices for each country. An assessment of the success of the reform effort is provided.