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January 01, 2002 | |
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This report focused on the state's role in four key areas: setting and measuring higher standards; holding districts, schools and students accountable for results; strengthening teaching and helping schools and districts build capacity to implement reform; and sustaining public support for standards-based reform.
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October 31, 2001 | |
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Achieve conducted an evaluation of the state's K–12 mathematics standards and grade 10 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests in English language arts and math. The state's English language arts standards weren't analyzed because Achieve believes these are already among the best standards in the nation and uses them as "exemplary standards" against which other states' standards are compared.
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April 01, 2001 | |
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Achieve and the Council for Basic Education (CBE) jointly reviewed Minnesota's Profile of Learning, which specifies skills and knowledge students are expected to learn, and the state's support system and accountability policies. Achieve also conducted an intensive study of the quality, rigor and alignment of the 3rd and 5th grade Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs) to the Profile of Learning standards for reading, writing and math.
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November 01, 2000 | |
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Achieve found several strengths in the Minnesota system, including the strong stance taken on standards-based reform and the commitment to using standards to improve teaching and learning.
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November 01, 2000 | |
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This report presents the results of Achieve’s in-depth evaluation of the quality, rigor and alignment of New Jersey’s standards and assessments in language arts literacy and mathematics.
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