They will be required to help struggling students with programs like summer school, tutoring, night classes and other special programs to make sure our kids have the personal attention they need to compete. They're out for public review right now. I am asking business leaders to take a close look at these standards. After that you must read to learn. Second, students will be competent writers by seventh grade, and Third, they will be competent in algebra by eighth grade.
Testing comes next.
I liked to take in school. They are detailed, performance-based measurements. In writing, seventh graders will have to produce logical, focused compositions with the proper spelling, grammar and punctuation. Over the hill we top, dogs at full tilt, snow spraying away from the brake. It sails beyond the runners and drops away into darkness.