High Expectations – setting higher expectations
    and getting more students to meet them.

Career/Technical Studies – increasing access to
    intellectually challenging career/technical studies,
    with a concentration on using high-level mathematics,
    science, language arts and problem-solving skills in
    the modern workplace and in preparation for
    continued learning.

Academic Studies – increasing access to academic
    studies that teach the essential concepts from the
    college-preparatory curriculum by encouraging
    students to use academic content and skills to
    address real-world projects and problems.

Program of Study – having students complete a
    challenging program of study with an upgraded
    academic core and a concentration.

Work-based Learning – giving students and their
    parents the choice of a system that integrates
    school-based and work-based learning.  The system
    should span high school and postsecondary studies
    and should be planned by educators, employers and
    employees.

Teachers Working Together – having an
    organization, structure and schedule giving academic
    and career/technical teachers the time to plan and
    deliver integrated instruction aimed at teaching
    high-level academic and technical content.

Students Actively Engaged – getting every student
    involved in rigorous and challenging learning.

Guidance – involving each student and his or her
    parents in a guidance and advising system that
    ensures the completion of an accelerated program of
    study with an in-depth academic or career/technical
    concentration.

Extra Help – providing a structured system of extra
    help to enable students who may lack adequate
    preparation to complete an accelerated program of
    study that includes high-level academic and technical
    content.

Keeping Score – using student assessment and
    program evaluation data to improve continuously the
    school climate, organization, management, curricula
    and instruction to advance student learning and to
    recognize students who meet both curriculum and
    performance 2006 targets.