81.   Teachers and administrators assert that before any effort is made to improve the curriculum and lift student achievement, something must be done about discipline.

82.   Still others say that schools will not be able to make substantive changes in student academic achievement until they can track the performance of individual students.

83.   Still, some arts educators insist that music and art classes can affect overall student achievement.

84.   Texas teachers know that some measure of student achievement will be tied to their evaluations.

85.   Superintendent Roy Romer said the district is working to improve student achievement and that those efforts need to be communicated more clearly to parents.

86.   Test scores show that most charter schools have made good on their promises to raise student achievement.

87.   That said, test scores will clearly be relevant in determining whether the improvement programs have cured a deficiency in student achievement to the practicable extent.

88.   The charter schools boasted of increases in student achievement but often were unwilling to share with the public the test data that would support their claims.

89.   The authors said that studies in future years, as these schools become more established, would probably indicate whether they can steadily raise student achievement.

90.   The Clinton administration points to a wide range of studies showing that smaller classes lead to higher student achievement and fewer discipline problems.