Educhange® Offers Guide New Jersey GATEWAYS: A Primer and Companion Guide to the K-12 Curriculum Standards to all citizens concerned about their local schools.

EduChange® Offers Guide to NJ Education Standards and Testing

NEW YORK, NY - May 11, 2001 - EduChange® offers New Jersey GATEWAYS: A Primer and Companion Guide to the K-12 Curriculum Standards to all citizens concerned about their local schools. This user-friendly guide addresses the basis of the statewide testing program, which is currently affecting all public school students in New Jersey. EduChange's timely response provides plain-language explanations of these standards, their teaching implications, and the accompanying tests for all New Jersey students at all grade levels. It is available for purchase, with volume discounts, through the EduChange® web site:http://www.educhange.com.

The succinct guide is non-editorial and state-specific, providing important information for parents and educators in New Jersey. Based on over 4000 pages of New Jersey Department of Education documents, New Jersey GATEWAYS clarifies what students are being taught in all 7 state-identified subject areas: Mathematics, Language Arts Literacy, Science, Social Studies, World Languages, Visual & Performing Arts, and Comprehensive Health Education & Physical Education. One satisfied customer notes: "It's the perfect primer...open and honest...and very on-target."

Author Catherine Saldutti is a product of New Jersey public schools and has worked as a teacher, administrator, standards specialist, curriculum developer and researcher since 1990. "I'm proud of my New Jersey education, but this national standards movement requires us to think long and hard about where our schools are going. All citizens need to find a voice in this process, and I want to help fellow New Jersey citizens find theirs." Readers can use New Jersey GATEWAYS to participate in the current survey of the New Jersey curriculum standards. The survey was designed by the Department of Education to gain public feedback on the impact that standards have had on local schools.

Located in New York City, EduChange® provides practical technical assistance and educational products that offer real solutions for schools and communities. EduChange® is also aNew Jersey Registered Professional Development Provider, #868. Special book presentations by the author can be arranged. For more information or to request an order form for New Jersey GATEWAYS (ISBN 0-9707144-0-8), emailinfo@educhange.com, send a FAX to (646) 613-8444, or visit their web site athttp://www.educhange.com.