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Bottge, Brian A.; Toland, Michael D.; Gassaway, Linda; Butler, Mark; Choo, Sam; Griffen, Ann Katherine; Ma, Xin – Exceptional Children, 2015
The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics will place more pressure on special education and math teachers to raise the skill levels of all students, especially those with disabilities in math (MD). The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of enhanced anchored instruction (EAI) on students with and without MD in co-taught general…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Special Education Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
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Lucas, Maurice E.; Figlio, David N. – Education Next, 2004
With reports that some of the nation's finest universities have been handing out A's like lollipops at Halloween, the lowering of standards in higher education has become a hot topic. But grading standards in primary and secondary education have received remarkably less attention. There are two major questions related to grading standards. First,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Boards of Education, Grade Inflation, Grading
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Field, Sherry L. – Social Education, 2000
Explores the content of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and describes similarities between the ITBS and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) standards. Addresses three NCSS standards and how each may be represented on a standardized test. Provides eight confidence-boosting principles. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Education, Middle Schools, National Standards
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Bruner, Darlene Y.; Brantley, Lance Lamar – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
Currently, 848 Georgia public elementary schools that house third- and fifth-grades in the same building use the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation as a school improvement model. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether elementary schools that are SACS accredited increased their levels of academic…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Accreditation (Institutions), Achievement Gains, Academic Standards