January 11, 2001

Education Week, Vol. 20, Issue 17
Education The Personal Touch
With many students failing state tests, Kent County officials responded with extra academic assistance.
Jessica L. Sandham, January 11, 2001
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4 min read
Education In Support of Teachers
Fayette County schools offer professional-development opportunities geared toward academic standards.
Jessica L. Sandham, January 11, 2001
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5 min read
Education Driven by Data
Educators in the Lancaster schools analyze students’ state and district test scores to improve instruction.
Jessica L. Sandham, January 11, 2001
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6 min read
Education Parent Power
The San Benito district reaches out to parents and trains them to help their children meet the standards.
Jessica L. Sandham, January 11, 2001
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5 min read
Education An Examination in Secrecy
When Andrew Renner sat down to take his state's high school graduation exam this past spring, he had seen a copy of the writing test only once before the first time he failed the exam. A typical teenager, Renner did not write more than he believed necessary to pass the retake of the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards. He failed the writing exam a second time.
Ulrich Boser, January 11, 2001
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7 min read
Education The Standards Keystone
Experts look to the district as the focal point for bringing standards alive.
Lynn Olson, January 11, 2001
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3 min read
Education How High the Bar?
The expectations states have set for students run the gamut from low to high.
Debra Viadero, January 11, 2001
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14 min read
Education Overboard on Testing?
Tests were intended to be part of the standards system. Now, they dominate.
Lynn Olson, January 11, 2001
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18 min read
Education Seeking Stability For Standards-Based Education
Without a better balance among standards, tests, and support, the movement could fail.
The Editors, January 11, 2001
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6 min read
Education Examples of Promising Practices
As states move deeper into standards-based reform, they are experimenting with a variety of way to help teachers improve classroom instruction. They're publishing manuals that explain how curricula should change, financing professional-development activities that support a standards-based approach, and operating Web sites that offer examples of lesson plans, curriculum units, and testing materials. Here is a sampling of what some states are doing to help make standards part of everyday life in schools. Each vignette represents a small piece of the state's overall standards strategy.
David J. Hoff, January 11, 2001
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9 min read
Education The State of the States 2001
Education Week examines the building blocks for developing a high-quality education.
Greg F. Orlofsky & Lynn Olson, January 11, 2001
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11 min read
Education Pressure Without Support
States have forged ahead with accountability systems, but not the infrastructure to support them.
Ulrich Boser, January 11, 2001
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8 min read
Education Missing Pieces
Though told to teach to the standards, teachers often aren’t given the tools for the job.
David J. Hoff, January 11, 2001
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13 min read
Education Poll: Teachers Support Standards-With Hesitation
Education Week’s "National Survey of Public School Teachers, 2000" was conducted by Belden Russonello & Stewart, a Washington-based opinion-research group. The national survey of 1,019 public school teachers was conducted by telephone Aug. 28 through Sept. 17, 2000.
Kathryn M. Doherty, January 11, 2001
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3 min read
Education Meeting the Challenge
One of the rallying cries of standards-based education is that all students can achieve at high levels--a point proven by a number of high-performing, high-poverty schools.
Ulrich Boser, January 11, 2001
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1 min read
Education Finding The Right Mix
Standards-based initiatives are reaching classrooms, but not all the results are positive.
Lynn Olson, January 11, 2001
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26 min read
Education A Primer on Alignment
Alignment between academic standards and student tests is critical to the success of standards-based school improvement. Traditionally, "alignment" meant going through a checklist to see if a test question measured a standard.
The Editors, January 11, 2001
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2 min read
Education Gaining Ground
States have come a long way in designing standards and tests, but not far enough.
The Editors, January 11, 2001
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16 min read