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Notes ("two key issues, ten other considerations"); reports of working groups

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Memo, Creation by NYSUT of Positions/Strategies for Council Approval, August 16; draft Program Evaluation Guide: A System for Planning and Program Improvement in Secondary Occupational Education, with cover letter from NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese to Commissioner Sobol, expressing concern over low standards, September 15; other critiques by Cortese; NYSUT Review of the Format of the Draft Math, Science, Technology Curriculum Framework; related materials

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Summary for discussion with the Board of Regents, prepared by Pat Flynn, NYSUT; memo from Flynn, comparing and contrasting the MST curriculum framework and the NCTM and 2061 standards, December 2; NYSUT review of the draft math, science, and technology (MST) curriculum framework

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Draft reports by committees (English language arts, social studies, technical and occupational studies, arts and humanities, languages other than English, health, physical education, and home economics); related memos

Scope and Contents Memo from Pat Flynn, NYSUT, re diagrams and summary of council recommendations, January 7, 1994; proposed agenda items for Feb. 14 council meeting; notes from meeting; notes from Regents meeting of January 14; notes from meeting with David Green, critiquing State Education Department and New Compact for Learning; summary of notes from strategy meetings on public and educators review of the council's report and MST curriculum frameworks; notes from Regents' discussion on assessment; related...

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Spring. Commentary from NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese and others on the English language arts curriculum framework; memos from Flynn re social studies curriculum framework; related correspondence

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April. Report of the New York State Curriculum and Assessment Council, "Learning-Centered Curriculum and Assessment for New York State"; summary and full report from State Education Department for public review

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Document drawn from Curriculum and Assessment Council's Curriculum Working Group

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Agenda; NYSUT commentary on 3/10/94 draft of the social studies curriculum framework; memos by Pat Flynn to NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese and others re notes from May 16 meeting and issues needing to be addressed

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NYSUT commentary on English language arts curriculum framework; report to the National Educational Goals Panel, "Promises to Keep: Creating High Standards for American Students," November 15, 1993; AFT Criteria for High Quality Standards; cover letter from Antonia Cortese suggesting review criteria, October 28, 1994; memo to Cortese from Pat Flynn with attached document, "Strategy to Introduce and Make Explicit Core Content Knowledge in the NYS Curriculum Frameworks"