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Goals 2000: Increasing Student Achievement Through State and Local Initiatives - April 1996

Endnotes

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study, 1982, 1987, 1990, and 1994. National Education Longitudinal Study Transcripts, 1992.

  2. The College Board, AP Program: National Summary, various years, and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, , 1995. Calculations by Weststat: December 1995.

  3. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP 1992 Trends in Academic Progress: Achievement of U. S. Students in Science, 1969 to 1992; Mathematics, 1973 to 1992; Reading, 1971 to 1992; and Writing, 1984 to 1992. Washington, D.C.: July 1994.

  4. The College Board, College Bound Seniors. New York: various years. Calculations by Weststat: February 1996.

  5. Kentucky Department of Education, Student Academic Achievement Continues to Rise. Frankfort, KY: Press Release, January 30, 1996.

  6. Maryland State Department of Education, High Expectations Producing Better Schools, State School Superintendent Grasmick Says. Baltimore, MD: Press Release, December 12, 1995.

  7. William T. Randall, Commissioner of Education in Colorado and President, Council of Chief State School Officers, What Works in Public Schools. Hearing before the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. Washington, D.C.: January 31, 1996.

  8. Governor Tommy G. Thompson, letter to Michael Cohen, Senior Advisor to Secretary Richard Riley, September 18, 1995.

  9. Adapted from David L. Stevenson, U.S. Department of Education, "Goals 2000 and Local Reform," Teachers College Record Volume 96, Number 3. Columbia University: Spring 1995.

  10. Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll 1995, Phi Delta Kappan, Volume 77, Number 1. September 1995, page 47.

  11. Adapted from Anderson, Leslie, Leila Fiester, Miriam Gonzales, and Ellen Pechman, eds., Improving America's Schools: A Newsletter on Issues in School Reform, Working Document. Washington, DC: Policy Studies Associates, Spring 1996, pp. 1-2.

  12. Adapted from the Massachusetts Department of Education, Math Curriculum Framework: Achieving Mathematical Power. Boston, MA: October 1995 Draft.

  13. Anne Jolly, Teacher in Mobile, Alabama, 1995 Teacher Focus Group.

  14. Elaine Griffin, Current National Teacher of the Year, 1995 National Teachers' Forum, Washington, D.C.: November 1995.

  15. Robert V. Antonucci, Massachusetts Commissioner of Education, The Federal Role in Education Reform. Testimony before the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families, House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. Washington, D.C.: June21, 1995.

  16. Norma Paulus, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Oregon. Written Testimony before the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, House Committee on Economic and educational Opportunities. Washington, D.C.: June 21, 1995.

  17. Richard W. Riley, U.S. Secretary of Education, The Goals 2000: Educate America Act. Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies. Washington, D.C.: September 12, 1995.

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