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Achieve
Looks
At Standards Reports
 fter
selecting a handful of states that did well, poorly, and got mixed grades across three
evaluations, Achieve examined what the judgements had in common. The evaluation of
state standards for English, math, science, and history were done by the Thomas B. Fordham
Foundation, (1997-98), the "Making Standards Matter, 1998" report from the
American Federation of Teachers, and the 1998 "Great Expectations" report from
the Council for Basic Education.
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Selected
states that did well on all three evaluations |
Selected
states that did poorly on all three evaluations |
Selected
states that received mixed grades on the three evaluations |
| English*** |
Arizona**
California**
Massachusetts
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia |
Alaska
Arkansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Oklahoma |
Colorado
Delaware
Florida
Kansas**
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York |
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| Math |
Arizona
California**
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolin
Ohio
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia |
Missouri
Idaho*
New Jersey
Vermont |
Alabama
Delaware**
Flordia
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Carolina** |
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| Science |
Arizona
California**
Delaware
Indiana
Kansas
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York |
Kentucky
Oklahoma |
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Maine**
Mississippi
Oregon
Texas |
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| History |
California**
Massachusetts
Texas
Virginia |
Delaware
Illinois
Kentucky
Michigan
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Wisconsin |
North Carolina |
| * |
New drafts are forthcoming but were
not yet available for review in this study. |
| ** |
Organizations reviewed different
documents. |
| *** |
In English, the Fordham Foundation
only reviewed standards that the AFT passed, so there are fewer documents in this group.
Also, many of the states that previously received very low marks in English have written
new drafts of standards that the AFT recently reviewed and praised. |
| SOURCE: Achieve Inc. |
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