Making Standards Matter: A Fifty-State Progress Report on Efforts to Raise Academic Standards. American Federation of Teachers, Educational Issues Department, 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001, 1998. Available for $10 prepaid from the AFT order department (item #263) or find at www.aft.org/edissues/standards99/index.htm

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