What is the purpose for having the extra paperwork, when teachers already have honors courses in place and plenty of paperwork?
The SBE approved the honors standards in order to have consistency in the implementation of honors courses throughout the state. Currently the implementation of honors courses is very uneven with some school systems already offering well-defined courses that are aligned with the new standards. Yet, there are other schools where honors courses are distinguished from non-honors courses by an assignment of a research paper or more homework. Often students who have taken a number of honors courses have to take remedial courses during their first year of matriculation at a two- or four-year college. The SBE has adopted these standards to provide teachers and principals with guidelines as to what should be included and assessed in honors courses.
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