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Notes About Standards for Iowa

"Criteria for determining if content standards were clear, rigorous and of quality and criteria to determine if students were achieving at high levels had to be established during the 1997-98 school year. This criteria will assist school districts in self-assessing their own standards and student achievement results. It will also assist the Department in their team reviews of the 280.12/280.18 reports. The criteria selected by the Department is based on criteria suggested by the Chief State School Officers. Additional criteria that could be used by a local school district can be found on the CD-ROM, Standards Development for School Improvement in Iowa." --Iowa Department of Education