Leaner Learning Results Poised for Key Vote ; State House: The Revised Public School Standards Aim to Simplify the Oft- Criticized Requirements.

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Even before it became law, Maine's document outlining what students should learn in school was under fire for being too long and too complicated.

Nearly 10 years later, the document, known as Maine's Learning Results, is poised to become simpler and shorter.

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Leaner Learning Results Poised for Key Vote ; State House: The Revised Public School Standards Aim to Simplify the Oft- Criticized Requirements.

The document has been revised and, if approved by the Legislature, will become decidedly leaner. The list of "indicators" - what students must demonstrate they've mastered, such as being able to describe in kindergarten the differences bet...

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