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Improving Student Learning in Mathematics and Science The Role of National Standards in State Policy (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Current Context for Mathematics and Science Education
Pages 20-21

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... It is a vehicle for moving toward Goal 5 of the National Education Goals"By the year 2000, United States students will be first in the world in mathematics and science achievement." Now, in the late l990s, attention is focused again on the quality of core academic content. President Clinton has called for a national voluntary test in eighth grade mathematics and has directed the National Science Foundation and the U.S.
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... Specific activities in mathematics and science education, both ongoing and new, also contribute to this moment of opportunity. The National Science Foundations systemic initiative efforts at the state, city, and regional level as well as similar efforts supported by states and local communities are infusing resources into the system and involving large numbers of mathematics and science teachers, together with the business community and the public, in focused work on high standards for the learning and teaching of all students (Zucker, 19973.
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