31.   The curriculum standards constitute half of a plan to overhaul New Jersey education that is expected to be turned into law this year.

32.   The focus of those meetings, he said, would be how resources should be used and what curriculum standards should be required.

33.   The Legislature must carefully examine the cost estimates and curriculum standards proposed by Whitman.

34.   The new curriculum standards were adopted last year and will be phased in over the next few years as textbooks are rewritten.

35.   The puzzling results did not deter politicians from repeating their calls for national curriculum standards, education vouchers or other solutions.

36.   The ruling praised the new curriculum standards, suggesting that they might eventually be the best means of achieving parity.

37.   These involve refusal to correct errors, failure to meet curriculum standards and improper binding.

38.   Through studies and research, state officials hoped to prove that new curriculum standards were a better way to reach the goal, Mrs. Whitman said.

39.   U.S. students do less homework and have less demanding curriculum standards than students in other developed countries.

40.   Uncertainty over how far education board members can go in controlling textbook content aggravates new disputes over the curriculum standards, board members said.