State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell called for reforms to improve achievement at California's high schools; announced new initiatives to reduce the bureaucratic burden on schools; and urged California to increase the gains in student achievement made over the last five years by staying the course with school accountability, teacher training and class size reduction.
- Video [mms://dcpvideo.scoe.net/superintendent/040211oconnell.wmv] (Outside Source; WMV; 46:31)
- Text: State of Education 2004
- Priorities for 2004: Increasing the Gains
- A White Paper on Improving Student Achievement in California's High Schools: High Performing High Schools Initiative
- Reducing the Burden on Schools and Districts: Collecting Quality Data
