41.   In Massachusetts, the real test of the tests seems to have long since begun, given the heat of the debate over the new educational standards.

42.   In the two years since that survey, the public campaign for educational standards by the Clinton administration has made no clear inroads, Cross said.

43.   In so doing, he trod narrowly close to the fears of some Republicans who view national educational standards as a step toward eroding local control of school districts.

44.   Increased spending on schools brought a marked rise in educational standards, while depopulation of the countryside accelerated.

45.   It eliminated entirely a program that helps states design new educational standards.

46.   Katya Trifonova, principal of a desegregated secondary school, said meetings with Bulgarian parents and teachers who feared a drop in educational standards were often heated.

47.   Many lawmakers who agree with them are ill at ease with the idea of overriding the Regents, and fear being tarred as opposing higher educational standards.

48.   None of these contents are in accordance with educational standards.

49.   Nonetheless, the union is using its report to help foster a national discussion about educational standards, particularly for students who go directly to work from high school.

50.   On the other hand, Clinton has touted national testing and raising educational standards, policies that many Republican have opposed.