In education, we hear the following four phrases all the time - student achievement, accountability, standards-based instruction, assessment. These words are having a stronger impact on education today than ever before. As educators, on all levels - middle school, high school and post-secondary - what do we actually do about or with these words? Why are they important to us? How and why do we incorporate these concepts? What is the best way to do so? And most importantly, how do we get from standardsto quality teaching practice? In agricultural education, are content standards the way to go or should we determine which academic standards various agriculture curricula meet? These are all questions related to the focus of this issue of the Agricultural Education Magazine, and specifically standards in education.
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