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Education Excellence Partnership, Washington, DC. – 1998
In classrooms across America, academic standards are being raised. This brochure is intended to help parents understand the importance of higher academic standards and to provide questions that parents can ask teachers and administrators to learn what they need to know about the expectations at their children's school. The brochure first defines…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Children, Elementary School Students
Education Excellence Partnership, Washington, DC. – 1998
In classrooms across America, academic standards are being raised. This brochure is intended to help parents understand the importance of higher academic standards and to provide questions that parents can ask teachers and administrators to learn what they need to know about the expectations at their children's school. The brochure first defines…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Children, Elementary School Students
Jurich, Sonia; Estes, Steve – 2000
This document contains information about the methodology and findings of a study that identified 20 programs across the United States that have been successful in raising student's academic achievement. Part 1 contains the following items: (1) an explanation of the process and criteria used to select the 20 examples of excellence drawn from the 96…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Case Studies, Counseling Services