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Download full textAchieve, Inc., 2013
As shown by MetLife's 2010 "Survey of the American Teacher," America's educators strongly believe that all students should graduate from high school ready for college and a career (85 percent). Additionally, according to MetLife's 2009 survey, 86 percent of teachers believe that setting high expectations for students will improve student…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Alignment (Education), Principals
Bryk, Anthony S.; Nagaoka, Jenny K.; Newmann, Fred M. – 2000
In a study in 1996, the Consortium on Chicago School Research found that many classroom assignments in writing and mathematics made only modest academic demands on high school students. In this study, the nature of assignments in schools participating in the Annenberg Challenge reform effort in 1998-1999 was studied, to determine whether teachers…
Descriptors: Assignments, Difficulty Level, High School Students, High Schools
Newmann, Fred M.; Bryk, Anthony S.; Nagaoka, Jenny K. – 2001
This study of Chicago teachers' assignments in mathematics and writing in grades 3, 6, and 8 shows that students who received assignments requiring more challenging intellectual work also achieved greater than average gains on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills in reading and mathematics, and demonstrated higher performance in reading, mathematics,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Difficulty Level, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
