WHY IS SCHOOL REFORM OCCURRING?
Widespread belief that schools are not helping all students achieve at the levels that are needed, has spurred efforts to reform our schools. Concerns have been raised that the ways we teach students, as well as assess them, do not lead students to acquire needed knowledge or skills, nor help them apply and use their knowledge and skills appropriately. At the national and statelevels, content standards containing the types of knowledge, skills and behaviors now believed needed for all students to achieve at high levels are being developed. Starting with such efforts as the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM,1989), content standards are being developed in the arts, civics, economics, English, foreign languages, geography, health education, history, physical education, science, and social studies. School reform is also motivated by the belief that there are competencies needed for graduates to enter the workforce
Related Questions
- Our school will be choosing a Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration program. Does the National Network of Partnership Schools qualify as a comprehensive school reform model?
- Should CSR funds be used to support schools that are already implementing a comprehensive school reform program?
- Is there a difference between Schoolwide Programs and Whole School reform (WSR) ?
