Download or read book Overview and Inventory of State Education Reforms written by Edith McArthur and published by . This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: States have undertaken a number of new education reform initiatives over the past decade. They have made efforts to define academic standards for all students and create new accountability systems, to revise the way in which public schools are financed, to set new standards for teacher training, and to provide more parents with choice in where their children attend school. This report describes these and other major developments in state-level education policies that occurred during the 1990s. Chapters: Introduction and Overview; Standards, Assessment, and Accountability; School Finance Reforms; Teacher Training and School Resources; State Support for School Choice Options; and Summary and Conclusion. Charts and tables.