State and local administrators interested in implementing Standards-based curricula will benefit from this article. The author provides a historical review of the development of the National Standards. She also gives examples from work done in Minnesota, Connecticut, and New Jersey to apply the Standards for curriculum development and assessment.#ClassroomExamples #Curriculum #HighSchool #French #Elementary #Japanese #Principalfocus #JournalArticle #Spanish #All5Cs #Middle/JrHigh #Russian