Changes to schools, classrooms, students, and teachers designed to improve our nation's schools and make them better places for promoting student learning best describes which of the following? a. Standards

b. No Child Left Behind

c. Accountability

d. Reform

Answer: D. Reform

Explanation: School and education reform is always dependent on, and starting with, the existing school system. It is always the purpose of any reform to raise the level and quality of the existing education system in order to improve the conditions and environments in which children are educated, and to align the needs and spirit of time with what children need to learn and the skills they acquire as times change. The most effective reforms are those that involve a holistic approach, that is, a holistic approach to the reasons for the reforms, their goals, ways and timing of implementation of the reforms, as well as the expected concrete results that go along with the goals, i. e what the children will receive and improve in their education after the reforms have been implemented.