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St. John, Mark; Century, Jeanne; Eggers-Pierola, Costanza; Houghton, Nina; Jennings, Sybillyn; Tibbitts, Felisa – 1999
This document intends to guide school principals through a process for improving the quality of math and science teaching in schools. The project is guided in part by national standards in mathematics and science which provide a vision for student learning that includes a mastery of the basic fundamentals of the subjects complemented by a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Education, Mathematics Education
Download full textIsenberg, Joan Packer – 2003
This monograph is designed assist to teacher preparation institutions that want to use standards of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) to help teachers prepare for their National Board Certification process and simultaneously improve their advanced programs for teachers. Part 1, "Rationale for Using NBPTS Standards as a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Alternative Teacher Certification, Curriculum Development, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedLehman, Paul R. – Music Educators Journal, 1994
Maintains that the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) achieved an important symbolic victory by being a primary developer of the National Standards for Arts Education. Presents and discusses five issues related to the Goals 2000 program in general and the standards related to music education in particular. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Aesthetic Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Peer reviewedHandley, Leslie Mills; Adler, Susan – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1994
Reviews the history of the national standards movement. Discusses the standards developed by the Task Force on Standards of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). Describes the content and format of the NCSS standards, how they could be used, and what resources are necessary for effective implementation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History
Business Roundtable, New York, NY. – 1991
This paper examines: (1) what those who directly employ and educate America's students after they leave high school think of the quality of the U.S. elementary and secondary schools; (2) what recent students and their parents think of the quality of the education they or their children received; and (3) what a cross section of Americans think…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Needs
Equipped for the Future: Tools & Standards for Building & Assessing Quality Adult Literacy Programs.
Spangenberg, Gail; Watson, Sarah – 2003
This report presents results from interviews with a sampling of experienced Equipped for the Future (EFF) users. Chapter I provides background and context for this initiative. Chapter II provides facts and figures from the field and presents questions posed and interviewees' views. The questions are as follows: (1) Why did you or your organization…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Silver, Michael; Zito, Michael – 2003
This document provides the Side-by-Side Comparison, a tool to assist early care and development programs receiving funds from both Head Start and the California Department of Education to prepare for state and federal program monitoring reviews and to conduct self-evaluations. The instrument is designed to be used for the California coordinated…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices
