This report presents the manner in which a systemic approach of combining standards, assessment, and accountability into a unified set of laws and regulations has been coming onto the state scene for the past 2 decades. A complete performance-based education accountability system includes four components: standards and assessment, multiple…

This report presents information about the health status of older workers as it relates to extended work lives. The report contains unpublished data on the health status of civilian, noninstitutionalized middle-aged and older adults; the data are disaggregated so that narrow age differences within the older population can be observed and are…