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Standards-Based Education and Student Report Cards

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All accountability & improvement systems say the same thing

Standards need to drive instruction through a process of assessment tied to the standards, the results of which are subjected to data analysis and are communicated about with students (and preferably parents as well). The relationship between assessment and instruction is close and repetitive.