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“High Standards and Accountability: Helping All Students Achieve” - Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET
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Across the nation, schools and communities are learning that one critical way to close the achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers is to insist on high standards for all. When all the essential elements of the school—including instruction, curricula, and professional development—are aligned with those high standards, students have their best opportunity to achieve. And when tests measure student progress in the essential knowledge and skills established by the standards, teachers, parents, and policymakers have the information they need to ensure that children can reach academic success.
A panel of State and local educators and community leaders will explore questions during U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige’s Town Meeting, including:
- How can schools ensure that all children meet high standards?
- How can high standards help to hold students, their teachers and schools accountable for learning and show where extra help is needed?
- How can high standards provide schools with more flexibility?
- How can regular assessments be a tool for improving student performance and providing information on their progress for the parents, teachers, principals and the community?
Guest Host:
Susan Sclafani, Counselor to the U.S. Secretary of Education
Guest Panelists are:
- Linda C. Schrenko, State Superintendent of Schools, Georgia
- Wes Stucky, President, Ardmore Chamber of Commerce, Ardmore, Oklahoma
- James Barker, Superintendent, Erie Public Schools, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Sylvia Spratley, Principal, Tidewater Park Elementary School, Norfolk, Vir
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