National standards : a catalyst for reform /Robert C. Lafayette and Jamie B. Draper -- Using standards to improve education : a way to bring about truth in teaching and learning / John F. Jennings -- Professional policy in foreign language education : what it is and how we get it / Helene Zimmer-Loew -- Standards and foreign language teacher education : developing new professions during a time of reform / Audrey L. Heining-Boynton -- A collaborative approach to professional development / Eileen W. Glisan -- New learners and new environments : challenges and opportunities / Russell N. Campbell -- Technology, reform, and foreign language standards : a vision for change / Mel Nielsen and Elizabeth Hoffman -- The programmatic implications of foreign language standards / Walter H. Bartz and Margaret Keefe Singer -- Assessment : from content standards to student performance / Judith Liskin-Gasparro -- Reactions to the catalyst : implications for our new professional structure / June K. Phillips and Robert C. Lafayette -- Appendix : standards for foreign language learning.