Nationally recognized educational organizations are partnering with the Cumberland schools in their improvement efforts.

With the system under pressure by the standards to improve, there seems to be some indication that the improvement efforts are not taking root.

High-performance work systems integrate continuous improvement efforts with normal business operations.

Tracks, monitors, and reports on the status of particular improvement efforts.

They may just as likely have resulted from other improvement efforts.

Program areas are those topics within which to concentrate economic, environmental and social improvement efforts.

State officials across the country are complaining that they lack the money to mount improvement efforts.

It is often a good source of test factors during improvement efforts.

So much input makes for choppy policy, officials say, and can hinder long-term improvement efforts.

However, this destruction led to widespread community support for a massive rebuilding and improvement effort beginning the same year.