New content standards call for the implementation of new and varied pedagogical interventions and instructional techniques. An experimental project in which chemistry was taught using new pedagogical and assessment standards with 10th- to 12th-grade students showed that students who participated in the project expressed satisfaction with the way they learned chemistry. This approach to assessment caused a significant decline in the student anxiety that accompanies the Israeli matriculation examinations. Teachers reported that participating in this project changed their teaching habits, moving them from delivering information to guiding students in the learning process.