PS>        After my revelation of this summer, I'm real suspect of feel
PS>good actions like these.  Has anyone done a study on standards?  I'm
PS>sure that somewhere someone has produced a higher standard qualification
PS>requirment.  Have teachers and students successfully achieved those
PS>standards?  Before I reform, I want to know that the method which I am
PS>switching to will be more successful - unless it is part of an
PS>experiment.
I think you misunderstand the notion of "standards". As far as I
understand it, standards do not imply, condone, nor require any specific
method of instruction. Rather, they specify content (i.e. curriculum)
and the level or difficulty to which it will be mastered.
Sheila
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