Guide for Establishing Standards
A Process Guide for Establishing State Adult Education Content Standards describes the steps to plan, develop, review, and implement a fully integrated, standards-based education system to improve instruction and increase learner outcomes. The guide includes an overview of standards-based education, components of standards-based reform, and implications for adult education. Each chapter provides information and examples gathered from research, reviews of standards, and interviews with state adult education staff and standards experts.
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