To meet recently promulgated standards, teachers are faced with new academic and pedagogical challenges. They must teach more challeng ing and extensive subject area content, they must develop different instructional strategies, and they must reach a wider range of students. Having a high-quality curriculum to guide instruction is an important part of meeting the challenges.
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