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An Evaluative Study Of The 1972-74 Standards Of Quality And Objectives For Public Schools In Virginia, Norman Steven. Smith
An Evaluative Study Of The 1972-74 Standards Of Quality And Objectives For Public Schools In Virginia, Norman Steven. Smith
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
On November 3, 1970, the voters of Virginia approved a new Constitution. Within Article VIII, the education article, was the constitutional provision for a new statewide program to "seek to insure that an educational program of high quality is established and continually maintained" throughout the Commonwealth. An important aspect of this program, The Standards of Quality and Objectives, was the directive that each school division develop systematic, multi-year plans to guide the quest for quality.;The purpose of this study was: (1) to determine whether progress has been made by Virginia's school divisions toward reaching a major goal of the Standards …