› Standards and Assessments › Curriculum and Instruction › Leadership and Organization › Professional Development › Parent Engagement Visit an America's Choice school or arrange for a presentation of our design.		Our goal is to have a standards-driven elementary school where every student is reading by the end of 3rd grade and learns the key math skills and concepts needed to solve mathematical problems. In a learning environment that is caring, each elementary student is expected to meet high standards. In America's Choice elementary schools: • Teaching and learning changes in every classroom with the implementation of standards-driven literacy and math blocks that happen every day for every child. The rituals and routines associated with these blocks prepare students to deal with demanding content and become independent learners. • Assessment of students is ongoing and informs daily instruction. • Teachers take on new roles and responsibilities as Class Teachers who follow the same group of students for more than one year and as Teacher Specialists in the upper elementary grades with specialties in either English language arts or mathematics. • Teachers participate in Study Groups and Teachers Meetings that strengthen their knowledge of the America's Choice approach to teaching and learning. This includes learning how to conduct a close analysis of their students' work in relation to standards, and using this knowledge to develop lessons calibrated to the needs of different students. • The principal becomes a new kind of instructional leader, one who understands and promotes standards-based teaching and learning and meets the demands of accountability. • In collaboration with the America's Choice leadership team and with the involvement of parents and the school community, the principal leads schoolwide planning that targets each student's performance and gets results. Continue to Standards and Assessments to learn about our elementary design in greater detail.