This multimedia kit contains information on academic standards and includes supplementary materials. The kit includes a 286-page book that presents condensed, edited, and commonly formatted versions of national standards in the arts, civics, foreign languages, geography, history, and science. Mathematics and English-language arts standards have been drawn from exemplary state documents. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM, which not only contains the contents of the book, but also allows users to look up hypertext links among the standards and to select material by themes or by grade cluster. The kit likewise includes a series of wall charts listing the exit standards and four booklets with essays for principals, teachers, parents, and the public. Booklet 1, "Standards Principles for Principals," contains three essays written by principals for elementary, middle-school, and high-school principals, describing how principals can lead school-level implementation of standards-based reform. Booklet 2, "The Standards Teacher," describes how teachers can use standards and how standards can guide teaching. Booklet 3, "A Parent's Guide to Understanding Academic Standards," discusses how parents can work with teachers to implement standards. Booklet 4, "The Life and Times of a Pair of Standards," reviews two mathematics standards against the backdrop of standards-driven curriculum reform. (RJM)