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Comprehensive School Reform in Utah
by Janice Houston
University of Utah researchers recently completed an evaluation of comprehensive school reform in sixteen Utah schools. As part of the evaluation process, researchers reviewed Criterion Reference Test (CRT) scores for all students in the sixteen schools. The findings were dramatically positive. Student scores in these schools often moved from significantly below
the statewide average score to very close to the average.
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Case Study of Utah Higher Education
from The National Center For Public Policy and Higher Education
www.highereducation.org/reports/utah/ind...
The Case Study of Utah Higher Education examines higher education policies in Utah in order to better understand the state's generally good performance in Measuring Up 2004: The National Report Card on Higher Education. Utah's historically strong performance, especially in terms of providing affordable higher education, provided an incentive for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education to further investigate the public policies of Utah that might account for its good performance as documented in Measuring Up 2004.
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Do Something
by Ken Embley
Forgive me for being personal, but I am feeling a little guilty. Last week, I met with some associates on campus from Continuing Education. They were kind enough to give me a copy of their September—December 2005 Professional Education catalog and to paraphrase, I read:
You can try to fake your way through life using important-sounding—or even made-up—buzzwords. However, if you have minimal skills and yesterday’s knowledge, you will not get far. In today’s environment, you need real skills and real knowledge to boost your career and increase your organization’s contribution to our needy state of affairs. Moreover, the best way to gain these necessary skills and abilities is through a commitment on your part to continue your education.
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