31.   In her rural school district of one high school and two elementary schools, teachers used Spanish language videotapes and audiotapes for younger children.

32.   In Poughkeepsie, English teacher Laura Ahlert said she thought the exam was more rigorous than the model test that teachers had used to drill students.

33.   In these community schools, teachers can use local languages for instruction through the third grade.

34.   In the past, some teachers have even used nonsense syllables to teach children how to sound out words, an approach that has largely fallen out of favor.

35.   Instead, he said, peer grading was an educational tool that teachers used to reinforce classroom lessons.

36.   Instead, teachers use themes such as fall and pumpkins in classroom lessons on poetry and writing, Christian said.

37.   It also is used by teachers of ethics and philosophy.

38.   It is not unusual, and in fact it is commendable, for teachers to use such devices to get students to practice writing.

39.   It said these differences were largely due to the fact that some teachers used the computers less effectively.

40.   It argued that the most successful programs are the ones in which teachers use more English.