Simple knowledge was much easier to assess. From years of precedence and practice, traditional paper and pencil assessments generate reliable, valid and generalizable results. More about this aspect of reform outcomes will be discussed below under Outcomes for Second Tier Change Participants. Outcomes for Students Students are impacted by these reform efforts. Exactly how and to what extent they are impacted may require studies of a more longitudinal nature.
More students exhibit outcomes.
The reform efforts are targeted for all students. In the high school level, case studies indications are that students not previously well served by traditional programs in science and mathematics are succeeding and enjoying the reform classes so much that they are electing to continue in the programs after they have met high school graduation requirements. They feel a confidence not demonstrated in previous learning situations and are doing more intellectually. This outcome is documented by increasing numbers of sections of most reform classes. So students are learning more by participating over more years.