Base Year Study Of The Second Language Competencies Of Grade 12 Students French As A Second Language Report

Author : Patricia Pine
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Raising Standards in Schools written by Patricia Pine and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a survey of 1,500 administrators, most of the 400 respondents agreed by an 8 to 1 margin that reforms to raise academic standards in public schools are necessary. In high schools, a decline in reading, vocabulary, and math skills is due basically to a decreased academic emphasis. Solutions include more required courses, more opportunities for writing and laboratory activities, homework in all classes, and a rigid core curriculum. Second, the absence of rigorous graduation requirements in high schools seems to account for an increase in remedial college enrollments. Achievement tests, advanced placement courses, and counseling are strategies to make college-bound students aim higher. Third, students become negligent when their teachers demand little. Districts are attempting to raise expectations through methods such as grading, homework, and attendance policies. Other academic reforms involve productive use of time, participation of key working groups in the standard-raising process, and continued attention to disadvantaged students. Recently, districts have been concentrating on elementary school standards by involving parents, providing attention to "high risk" students, monitoring students, and using tests for diagnosis. Appendices contain: (1) the results of a polling of 1,200 adults concerning standard-setting measures; and (2) minimum state graduation requirements. (RG)