We're moving toward a standards-based instruction system, the idea being that the state has established instructional standards, and we need to make sure kids are competent in those standards.
Superintendent Michael Wasta
Related Education standards need to be set at the state level. High standards are an important way to ensure... DOUG DUCEY In the area of delivery, we will continue to work with partners to drive standards, standards that a... BRUCE CHIZEN In the area of delivery, we will continue to work with partners to drive standards, standards that a... BRUCE CHIZEN We're finding that students are able to meet many state standards, curriculum standards and our scho... CHARLOTTE STRUTZEL Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching tow... JAMES S. COLEMAN Congress has given us the authority to set safety standards. We're merely restating our authority. W... RAE TYSON And it just doesn't make sense that if we are setting standards to have a court say that a manufactu... RAE TYSON Just like we need standards in software and hardware, we need standards in power utilization and pow... BEN WILLIAMS We intend to inform our teachers that they need to stick with the state standards. JOHN FOLEY I think the concern was that North Carolina has worked so hard to raise standards for teachers and m... KATHY SULLIVAN The Common Core State Standards are more rigorous standards than the great majority of states had in... JEB BUSH We file our state tax returns appropriately and in accordance with tax-planning strategies that are ... CLAIRE HASSETT The Common Core State Standards are based on the best international research. They are built on the ... REX TILLERSON We would look to the state standards. LINDA BRIDGES Standards are not established by your proclamations they are established by your routines. T JAY TAYLOR is whether those standards need changing. NEAL SONNETT A lot of people think that academically, Ohio State can get everybody in, and they can?t. Their stan... JEFF GAFFORD [Allowing states to enforce their own standards would lead to a confusing patchwork of requirements,... RAE TYSON Basically, it just has to meet all the construction standards we abide by and that the state require... LARRY MORAN Some standards that are specific to the Internet need to be put in place for cases like this. An org... ROB LANCASTER Governments can focus on certain points and work toward meeting just those standards. MAKOTO SETA Typically, when new standards are established, they're applied for future buildings. HENRY ENG States like Montana that work toward and achieve compliance with these standards are at the forefron... ELLIS M. STANLEY The high standards we have for our school and town services are the reasons why people want to live ... MAUREEN MCCLAY Making sure curriculum is researched based to ensure it isn't a fad is very important when working t... JULIE NIELSEN Broad based support is needed among manufacturing customer organizations to support standards develo... GARY SULLIVAN If we demand higher standards from our students, we obviously have to give them the resources to mee... DENNIS TOMPKINS Don’t let your personal desires distort the standards established in God’s Word. JIM GEORGE My understanding is that research practices in Korea had not been fully established. I think he real... LEONARD ZON The scores have increased by 15 percent over the course of four years. The lion's share of that, I t... JOE STANGLER She exercised her discretion reasonably in determining whether or not those explanations complied wi... JOE KLOCK We have incredibly high standards for our kids. JEAN GRAVES I'm not talking about lowering hiring standards; I'm talking about rethinking those standards. HOWARD RUBIN It's very difficult to make sure all the standards are met when you're working with such small lots. ED FISHER God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has t... FRANCIS CHAN Setting our living standards and expectations based on the status of others is like wishing that app... JACINTA MPALYENKANA We have seen periodic exceeding. Standards are being violated occasionally. KEVIN CHAMBERS The talk of standards about the Internet among companies has been constant. Take XML; the chemical i... NAVIN NAGIAH It is a concern to us as we are heading into the direction of increasing graduation standards. We wa... MARTIN ACKLEY A vendor neutral, standards-based approach must be adopted, CARLY FIORINA We are in a struggle against a globalization that has no place for principles, values and standards. BILL JORDAN It's useful to raise admission standards, but we need to be sensitive. We need to make sure IU stays... STEVE SANDERS If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing ... IRVING BABBITT I hope we are improving by our standards. Whether we are improving by your standards or American sta... GEORGE YEO One difference between this plan and the others is that our standards and the state tests are much b... JANET WALSH Some people set the bar so low you can trip over it. FRANK SONNENBERG There needs to be some standards around launching an ICO and investing in ICOs in the space, and I c... NICK TOMAINO America does not want vulgarity and sexual exploitation to be our values and we do not want the worl... CHARLES W. PICKERING Our investments in wireless products and technology has enabled carriers and system vendors to reali... DINO BEKIS There are no sure answers for ice being safe. The general standards for safe ice are a good rule of ... JAKE HOHL Setting universal standards about how clinicians interact with vendors, and putting more definition ... DENNIS MURPHY High standards are expectations and results that are based on what is possible not on what is accept... FADI MALOUF That won't be new to us. Our program is based on CAMTS standards. PAT MILLER We're violating all those standards. CATHY KELLY We invite experts outside the company to select the new president in order to make sure the process ... ZHANG WEN We have higher standards for teachers. We should have higher standards for teachers. JANE REYNOLDS They are changing water quality standards for the entire state. This is a huge change. LINDA YOUNG We make no apologies for setting high standards. NANCY ZIMPHER There's no question that we are committed to doing better in special-ed. As a system we aim for very... BRIAN EDWARDS This in some terms has been one of the mildest recessions on record, ... but it has been a severe re... GAIL FOSLER We need to promote more international harmonization of the standards on product safety. HAL STRATTON Certainly, every student and school ought to have standards and evaluation, but who sets those stand... JAMES LANKFORD It is not going to be measuring the Maine Learning Results, the questions are based on national stan... BARBARA JORDAN When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS i... JOHN F. KERRY Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own. JEAN TOOMER Be aware that how you feel has a direct impact on your thinking process. When we set standards for o... ROBERT ARNOT This is, by state court standards, a very stiff sentence. ANDREW GENSER The Chinese government is establishing high-technology standards that differ from international stan... DENNIS FERNANDEZ What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold. WALTER ANNENBERG Russia is not a perfect example from the view of corporate culture, and since in our current state w... ALEXANDER ZHUKOV What we've backed away from at this point is the use of a proprietary standard and we want standards... ERIC KRISS We are constantly auditing our supply chain. Making sure that safety standards are - are, you know, ... TIM COOK Julianne Moore and Michael Keaton began in 1980s soap operas and 1970s sitcoms, respectively, such a... STEVE ERICKSON Panini understands the critical importance of efficient operations in each customer's environment. W... DAVE YOUNGERMAN Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the pr... GEORGE PIERCE BAKER Now, with those games out of the way, we want to keep watching these players when they return to the... BRIAN TURNER I do have impossibly high standards. KATE WINSLET The standards are being lowered, not just on the Internet, but in all of news and media. VINCE MCMAHON I do not believe there is anybody in the state interested in lowering standards. KATHY SULLIVAN That's not the point. We want to protect our guys. This is all about our guys, and our moral standar... JOHN MURTHA They wouldn't meet our standards for what we publish in the paper. We have standards about language,... LEONARD DOWNIE This is how you end up with contamination in the system - lax standards and a lack of enforcement. ADRIENNE ESPOSITO We have clear documentation that the line met construction standards under regulations of the state ... MICHAEL WOOD Unreasonable," "unrealistic," and "impractical" are all words used to marginalize a person or idea t... CHRIS GUILLEBEAU Disco-era nutrition standards don't make sense in 2006. MARGO WOOTAN Standards are when a person stands by what they say with dignity and virtue no matter what any body ... GARY F EVANS... As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to. HARUKI MURAKAMI We do all, myself included, we tend to hold ourselves to pretty low standards. But when it comes to ... MOBY Some of those standards are fairly onerous even to sophisticated, highly litigious businesses. GERALD MASSEY We are pleased that leading technologies such as JobFlash's unique and widely used telephone applica... CHUCK ALLEN The key standards such as HTML have been developed by the industry working together. We support indu... BRAD CHASE But the lack of healthy competition and market complexity have also held back standards-based develo... ARNOUD DE NOOY Generally, the companies that go for white box servers are smaller in size and not overly concerned ... DAVID HALL If you look at the obligations of the health professions and doctors in particular, UN standards, Wo... LEONARD RUBENSTEIN We have some (breathing) units, but the government is always updating its standards. These are to ke... BARB FOX We will be taking a hard look at (weather conditions) and whether we need to specify specific standa... MITCH DORGER The expectations are very high. The standards were set long before I was born. JEFF OLSON Some of our concerns are a lack of tools and standards for using XML as well as the fact that most o... BRIAN RICHARDSON I thought we were the good guys. I thought we were the ones with the high standards. ALAN SCHWARTZ You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for y... BRIAN TRACY
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