And today, we're going even further, proposing the development
of a national standard for medium - and heavy - duty trucks, just as we did for cars and light trucks.
A resounding chorus of policymakers, education leaders, and stakeholders are calling for the
creation of national standards to guide student learning in a more uniform manner throughout the nation.
With federal funding, states will buy into one of the
systems of national standards and tests, saving the huge expense of developing new standards alone.
In the
absence of a national standard on carbon dioxide, businesses are left to figure out their own so that they don't get stuck with future liabilities.
Talk of national standards, schools of choice, setting mastery goals for children, magnet schools, new assessment methods — all these things sounded wonderful.
The
issue of national standards raises numerous questions: Will having one common set of standards aid school reform efforts and promote student achievement?
For the first time, the agreement calls for regional efficiency standards to replace a quarter -
century of national standards, and it also recommends more stringent building code provisions for new construction.
For property owners or managers interested in more detailed lead safety standards for rental properties, a growing
body of national standards and guidance is available.
Still others don't like the idea of any
kind of national standards and testing, saying that education approaches and policies should left to local communities to decide.
I've been complaining that the
advocates of national standards, curriculum, and assessments have generally been unwilling to articulate and defend their view.
It was astonishing because previous efforts to promote national educational standards had ended terribly, and after those experiences, any
talk of national standards was generally dismissed as a pipe dream.
PASADENA, Calif — The body coordinating the
development of national standards for science teaching, curriculum, and assessment has chosen the heads of two of the panels that will develop the standards and expects to name the third soon.
State policymakers should reclaim control over the content taught in their local schools by resisting the
imposition of national standards and tests and preventing their implementation.
I've endured a very worrisome and incompetent drafting of an intended second
edition of this National Standard of Canada (an NSC): Electronic Records as Documentary Evidence CAN / CGSB -72.34-2005 («72.34,» developed by the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB)-RRB-.
Therefore: (1) the «prime directive»
of the national standards states: «an organization shall always be prepared to produce its records as evidence»; and, (2) the proof of «records system integrity» required by the electronic records provisions is very necessary.
If the Tories do indeed go through with their education proposals, it will be interesting to see if the
concept of national standards set & policed by government survives.