A. Set Standards

• Cleveland Academic Standards and Assessment System
  Cleveland Public Schools, Align-2-Achieve, Jes & Co., and Intel have cooperated on a pilot item bank repository to support low stake formative assessments.
• Digging Deeper: Public and Standards
  This brief describes initial outcomes from Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning�s (McREL) National Dialogue on Standards-based Education � an effort to encourage real public dialogue nationwide on standards-based education. This brief is based on a research report prepared for the Kettering Foundation.
• Ohio Standards Identifier Code (OSIC)
  Ohio has attempted to aligned resources to their academic content standards and here is the code system they presented to resource providers.
• Standards Based Education
  The Ohio Department of Education provides information to stakeholders on the rationale behind standards based education and the current focus of the agency.
• Standards: Here Today, Here Tomorrow
  Successful standards-based reform depends on clear standards, well-crafted tests, and fair accountability. Several strategies can help educators put those critical pieces in place.