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May 3 issue of Education Week from Peter Donahoe
Education Week on the Web
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N.J. Standards Beginning To Alter What Is Taught, But Not How By Kathleen Kennedy Manzo

New Jersey's 4-year-old academic standards have started to influence what is taught in math and science classes throughout the state, but they have yet to significantly alter how teachers teach the subjects. That, in part, is because professional-development opportunities for teachers have been inadequate, a new report says.

And, while students in the state's poorest districts have far greater access to textbooks, manipulatives, and other classroom resources than they did a decade ago, they are less likely than their peers in better-off districts to encounter more active methods of learning, according to the first year of findings from what will be a three-year study.

The findings were released last week at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans.

Article continues online at http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=34stand.h19