Student assessments and tests are based on the Core Curriculum standards. Assessment instruments hold all students to high standards. Baseline data for student achievement are collected. Administrators must take the lead in emphasizing the importance of staff development training in equity and diversity. In addition, administrators are responsible for demonstrating the many advantages that a diverse school population offers.
Administrators are responsible for implementing equity laws, rules, and policies.
Technology can help students and teachers to develop strategies for problem solving, understanding abstract concepts, integrating school subjects, increasing communication, and providing opportunities for cooperative and individualized instruction. Policy can set the conditions for effective administration and practice, but it cannot predetermine how those decisions will be made. Administrative decisions can reflect policy and can set the conditions for effective practice but cannot control how teachers will act in the classroom at a given point. Regardless of what policies are established, the implementation must take place in the classroom. Classroom teachers should be helped to develop awareness that equity issues deserve their attention.