Which is best way of improving academic standards in an institution?

This can lead to:

• Textbooks that will emphasize student understanding;

   

• Student assessments that will test whether students understand and can use at high levels the knowledge and skills in the content standards;

   

• Instructional programs and methods that will emphasize not only the basics but also reasoning and problem solving;

   

• Teacher education and professional development that will prepare educators to teach to challenging standards; and

   

• New technologies that will increase learning to meet high standards geared to internationally competitive levels of performance.