Three nonprofit organizations support a dialogue on standards-based educational reform. North Central Regional Education Laboratory, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning, and the Berkana Institute offer Web sites and a toll-free number to those who want to comment on this type of reform. In surveys, a clear majority of parents feel…

This publication provides information relating to Arizona Academic Standards for Grade 8. The following standards are reviewed: (1) the arts standards; (2) comprehensive health standards; (3) foreign and native language standards; (4) reading standard articulated by grade level 2003; (5) writing standard articulated by grade level 2004; (6)…

A statement of basic principles of accreditation by the Commission for the Study of Accreditation of Selected Health Programs. (HS)

The results of an informal survey of 212 college and university officials regarding term paper companies conducted to find out where the companies are located, the frequency of their use by students, and what actions the schools are taking. (GB)

Suggests that regional accrediting agencies grant degrees to students who have completed the requisite number of hours at a variety of qualified institutions. (AD)

City University of New York has extended the concept of ?open door" to ?open curriculum" by allowing any student to enroll in any program, transfer or terminal, regardless of his high school grade point average. To maximize the opportunities for success, large-scale counseling, tutorial, remedial and developmental programs have been…

Defines unit schools as institutions with all 12 grades organized to operate as single entities, considers the kinds of unit schools for which the North Central Association developed standards, provides a rationale for their accreditation, discusses the development of accreditation standards for these schools, and presents the standards…

Describes the implementation of a minimum competency testing program in North Boone Senior High School in Poplar Grove (Illinois). Includes eight questions to be asked in planning for such a program. (Author/WD)

Suggests some new admission criteria after arguing that present standards for admission to teacher education programs are generally inadequate to assure that even a high-quality program will produce successful teachers. (Author/IRT)

A defense is presented for allowing all students a reasonable chance to make an "A," based on the belief that competition often works to the detriment of many students. (DS)

Background and recommendations of the Standards for Accreditation of the American Library Association, including specific areas of investigation, are summarized. (MBR)

Proposes an approach to the study of performance in higher education. Examines aesthetics and changing conventions of acceptability. Argues against curriculum imposition in favor of dynamic and subject-specific student-centered learning. (SK)

The International Baccalaureate program was developed in 1968 to accommodate mobile foreign diplomats who wanted their children to have a consistent school program that would prepare them to pass rigorous university entrance examinations back home. The program has grown rapidly in the United States. With its external exams tied to a challenging…