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Download full textDepartment of Education, Washington, DC. – 1995
This document details the progress made toward achieving the eight National Education Goals. The Goals 2000: Educate America Act marked its first year with school-improvement plans in 47 states and $85 million in the hands of state and local school districts. The publication contains: (1) a list of the National Education Goals; (2) a description…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1994
This paper provides an overview of the use of "opportunity to learn" (OTL) standards, in relation to its implications for students with disabilities. It reviews "opportunity to learn" standards in the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and in Congressional report language on Goals 2000. The paper offers five different definitions…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Accountability, Definitions
Peer reviewedYsseldyke, James E., Ed.; Thurlow, Martha L., Ed. – Special Services in the Schools, 1994
This book on the results of education for students with disabilities considers a number of issues, including what outcomes should be expected and how they should be measured and reported, school reform, the possible role of Goals 2000/Educate America Act, and alternative views on identifying outcomes and setting standards such as those of the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Data Collection, Disabilities
