What is standards-based reform? How do state standards drive your district standards and school goals? How do standards change teaching and learning? Why “all” students? What do the state assessments test? How is it scored and what does a satisfactory response look like? What are the key steps and actions that need to be taken in a school improvement process? What is a principal’s role in leading the process? How do you align efforts and keep the focus? How do you communicate school improvement progress? How does No Child Left Behind impact schools? Gary Heath, Maryland State Department of Education How did Maryland set standards?