PREFERRED TERM
academic standards
DEFINITION
- Since the late 1980s, standards-based reform has been the de facto national education policy in the United States. Every state has set standards for student performance and holds schools accountable for meeting those standards. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; Academic Standards]
BROADER CONCEPT
BELONGS TO GROUP
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/academic_standards