In response to a need for curricular support, the Idaho State Department of Education gathered teams of exemplary educators from throughout the state to write courses of study related to the original five subject areas within Idaho's Achievement Standards. In turn, all of the state's school districts received hard copies as well as online access…

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), accredits Wyoming's seven community colleges. Institutional accreditation is a voluntary process that serves the purposes of quality assurance and institutional and program improvement. Colleges that are accredited by the HLC…

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for the evaluation of validity for accountability systems. This paper is organized into two parts. Part I provides the foundation for the validation framework by considering the following: (1) a definition of accountability systems; (2) the reasons these systems require validation; (3) a brief…

This occcasional paper is a dialog in the form of two separate papers about mathematics education: "Reaching Out to Colleagues and the Public:" A University Mathematician Engages School Mathematics Reform by Reid Davis, and "A Response to 'Reaching Out to Colleagues and the Public'" by Jeff Connor. Their differing views are illustrative of the…

More than ever, policymakers and educators are searching for practices that will improve performance often for large numbers of students. This guide is designed to help by providing a snapshot of five different approaches to systemwide improvement developed by the National Forum on Accountability. The models are based on principles that support…

The purpose of the study was to report normative AEL CSIQ ("AEL Continuous School Improvement Questionnaire") data for the total of 132 schools who had completed it by 2002. The normative data were developed and reported by type (level) of school, locale type (Johnson) codes, and schools nominated to be high performing learning communities. This…

Article attempted to define "community services" from information obtained through six regional voluntary accrediting associations. It presented a suggestive list of community services appropriate to community colleges. (Author/RK)

Perhaps the most serious danger in associating self-study with the accreditation process is that it fosters themisconception that self-study is necessary at infrequent intervals to assure accreditation. The author makes suggestions for implementing ongoing and continuous self-study, and for improving accreditation so that it will complement…

Presented an outline of how successful pass-incomplete grading works. (RK)

Discusses self-paced learning techniques for teaching a senior elective course in compressible flow, involving informing the course objectives, the material to be covered, the minimum achievement standards, and the grading system. Included are tables of cumulative test averages and a chart illustrating the approach to self-paced study. (CC)

Summarizes a survey of the bulletins about graduate programs in English at 20 universities in the Northeast, the Midwest and the South to determine whether they wanted promising Black students or were opening their doors to a few students of exceptional attainment. (Author/JM)

Author suggests that the goals held by teachers and administrators are illusory and it would be wiser to consider the real progress made by each student. (Author/RK)

Discusses attacks made on today's grading system and the rationale for a shift to more egalitarian academic standards in student evaluation. Indicates that the traditional issues still remain unsolved at least for the present. (CC)

An address to the ADE in New York, 26 December 1972. (RB)