The School for New Learning at DePaul University gives adult students a primary role in the design of teaching and assessment. Both academic standards and student goals become part of the student-referenced assessment process, in which self-assessment plays an important part. (SK)

The University of Hawaii posttenure review focuses on collegial professional standards rather than salary. By administration-union agreement, chairpersons apply departmental expectations to assess deficiencies, subject to final adjudication by a peer committee. Individual remediation plans emphasize faculty development. The process is seen as…

England's Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) was established as a government department independent of the Department for Education to inspect schools and improve standards of achievement. This article describes the training for the team members who will inspect special schools and recent findings from inspections of special schools. (JDD)

Teacher education programs preparing for national accreditation must develop and represent knowledge base models used in curricula. Auburn University's College of Education devised decision seminars, a systematic review process that lets each program be represented according to its own professional knowledge base, assisting in quality assurance…

Explores whether it is easier to achieve a higher level in the KS2 Student Assessment Tasks than in those for KS3. Results of a study in which samples of both were given to two groups of pupils indicates that most obtained the same level in both or one level higher in the KS3. (DDR)

Examines strategic-planning models developed for higher education and compares them with accreditation models. States that accreditation can be integrated into the institution's strategic-planning process to add unity to the institution's efforts to effectively serve both internal and external constituents. (27 citations) (VWC)

Presents the text of a speech to the National Marine Educators Association (NMEA) on the state of assessment in science and mathematics education and the future direction of efforts in these areas. Argues for more collaboration between research and education. (DDR)

Compares and contrasts the views of two people with interests in science education. Provides a stark and insightful contrast of the roles of scientists and engineers in precollege science education. Recommends that action be taken in addition to speeches made about the issue. (DDR)

Many high school students, desperate for better grades or too lazy to study, are cheating to get ahead. In a 1998 "American School Board Journal" survey, 90% of teachers claimed cheating was a problem. High achievers could be the worst offenders. Sidebars discuss parents who condone cheating, student honor codes, and steps boards can take. (MLH)

New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's recent private-school voucher proposal has strained his close collaboration with Chancellor Rudolf F. Crew. Shackled by its immensity and complexity, the system has too many failing schools and students. Higher Regents standards, disappearing principal tenure, and lagging school repairs may further erode public…

Assessing students' achievement of the new national "Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning" is complex and involves the whole school. Assessment should be tied to content learning; measure students' ability to do and know; test real experiences; consider inquiry's overlapping, recursive nature; involve qualitative measures;…

Includes "Agricultural Education & School-to-Work" (Larson, Cox); Agricultural Opportunities with Home Schoolers" (Frick, Brennan); "Private Schools and Agricultural Education in North Carolina" (Forrest); "Career Pathways" (Sigar, Thompson); "Perkins and Plows" (Lovejoy); "Charter Schools" (Knight, Armstrong); "Telling the College Tech. Prep.…

Describes a model to help teachers implement reform initiatives that integrate pedagogy and content and to integrate these reform practices into the current curriculum. (ASK)

Project 2061 is a nationwide education-reform initiative that is in the forefront of the standards movement in science, mathematics, and technology education. It shows that high academic standards can support good professional development, and vice versa. This article describes the use of standards; explains the layers of standards (national,…

Presents lessons learned from a Minnesota project that used a computerized system to help teachers implement the state's academic-content standards. The project also created new ways of looking at curriculum that have become useful tools for Minnesota teachers. The paper explains the project's vision, early steps, unforeseen obstacles, and…