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Download full textNational Education Goals Panel, Washington, DC. – 1993
The history and accomplishments of the National Education Goals Panel (NEGP) are traced from the Education Summit in Charlottesville (Virginia) in 1989 when President Bush and 50 state governors agreed to set education goals for the nation. The goals were announced in February 1990, and the NEGP was formed in July 1990 to issue annual reports on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Annual Reports
Peer reviewedTrelease, Jim – Catholic Library World, 1995
Discusses the false assumptions that indicate students are less intelligent than in the past. Topics include a historical perspective of college student problems; standards that kept all but the elite out of education; S.A.T. (Scholastic Aptitude Test) scores; social influences; the complexity of today's economy; and the importance of reading.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors
Cook, Katherine M. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
This study of conditions of the school system of the County of Currituck, with suggestions for its improvement, is made at the request of the county board of education. It Is inspired by the desire of the board to adopt a consistent policy as to buildings, organization, course of study, supervision, and instruction, which provides for present and…
Descriptors: Attendance, School Buildings, Counties, School Supervision
Peer reviewedCarlson, Tucker – Policy Review, 1993
Describes the history of education at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., the country's first African-American high school founded by ex-slaves in 1870. Argues that today the school emphasizes athletics over academics and that the source of decline has been holding students to lower standards. (JB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Athletics, Basketball
Wilson, Suzanne M.; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Berry, Barnett – American Educator, 2001
Describes Connecticut's ongoing school reform efforts, which began around 1985. The reform process involves creating, supporting, and revising a coherent set of policies for improving teacher learning that are also aligned with standards for students. Planning includes state department staff in collaboration with teachers and principals. The state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Cooperative Planning, Educational Change
MacLean, George Edwin – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
For many years there has been carried on in the United States by various national and State organizations a vigorous agitation for a clearer definition and improvement of standards in higher and professional education. Committees and commissions have labored and reported. Sometimes these reports have been published and given wide circulation; in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, Medical Education
