Sentences with phrase «content standards behind»

By creating the common - core content standards behind closed doors, the authors increased the alienation of the public from schools as institutions worthy of loyalty.

Not exact matches

While there isn't the standard slate of special features you'd expect with a film like this, there's plenty of behind - the - scene and bonus content to make it worth a buy.

In particular, Maine lags behind in the area of standards, where the American Federation of Teachers has rated only its science standards as clear, specific, and grounded in content at all three grade spans.

Going back to the famous 1983 Reagan administration report «A Nation at Risk,» education experts have noted how students in the United States are falling behind those in other countries and have called for a new focus on «content» and «more rigorous and measurable standards.»

State tests in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) era tended to be: a) highly procedural, ignoring the conceptual skills in the standards, b) heavily or exclusively multiple - choice, and c) predictable in their coverage of a narrow slice of content in the standards.

Some will hide the ugly reality behind improved content standards.

Especially since the 2002 enactment of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the subsequent release of regulations implementing that federal law, officials in state departments of education have been scrambling to come up with NCLB - required evidence that their accountability tests are suitably aligned with their state's content standards — that is, with their state's curricular aims.

Those who content that these new standards are high in rhetoric only, that tomorrow's assessments will differ little from today's, that the Common Core Standards do not represent real reform, have not read the standards carefully, nor have they examined the research behind the standards.

But those who should lead (and benefit the most from) the digital revolution — the content creators and publishers — are still far behind, brooding about lack of online publishing standards and low ad revenues.

The technology behind Sony's new push is a combination of the open ePub standard and Adobe's Digital Edition and Adobe Content Server 4 (ACS4) digital rights management (DRM) system.

You've got the standard track based affairs, the slightly more adventurous rally bashing and then the good old open world extravaganzas that allow you to jump behind the wheel of your favourite vehicle and explore to your heart's content.