In 1986 the Eastman system was expanded to seven other schools, where students since have shown marked improvement in standardized achievement test scores, administrators said.

Birmingham's schools now rank 109th out of the state's 128 school districts in achievement test scores, according to a recent study by The Birmingham News.

Undoubtedly because open education minimizes the importance of meeting normative standards, open-classroom school-age pupils fall slightly behind their traditional-classroom agemates in achievement test scores.

This is a school where just showing up each day is as much a measure of success as an achievement test score.

With achievement test scores at the second-grade level, Ms. Armstrong has trouble simply understanding what a time limit means.

The result: not only did students sharpen their oral skills and raise their achievement test scores, but they also learned to dream and think aloud on paper.

People brag about the high achievement test scores in the local schools and the low crime rate.

But there was no relation between competence at that task and the achievement test scores.

Furthermore, Aurora's achievement test scores are among the highest in the state.

They concluded that the school breakfasts were responsible for significant improvements in attendance and in standardized achievement test scores.

In 1986 the Eastman system was expanded to seven other schools, where students since have shown marked improvement in standardized achievement test scores, administrators said.

Birmingham's schools now rank 109th out of the state's 128 school districts in achievement test scores, according to a recent study by The Birmingham News.

Undoubtedly because open education minimizes the importance of meeting normative standards, open-classroom school-age pupils fall slightly behind their traditional-classroom agemates in achievement test scores.

This is a school where just showing up each day is as much a measure of success as an achievement test score.

With achievement test scores at the second-grade level, Ms. Armstrong has trouble simply understanding what a time limit means.

The result: not only did students sharpen their oral skills and raise their achievement test scores, but they also learned to dream and think aloud on paper.

People brag about the high achievement test scores in the local schools and the low crime rate.

But there was no relation between competence at that task and the achievement test scores.

Furthermore, Aurora's achievement test scores are among the highest in the state.

They concluded that the school breakfasts were responsible for significant improvements in attendance and in standardized achievement test scores.