Let I be an m-primary ideal in a Gorenstein local ring (A,m) with dimA = d, and assume that I contains a parameter ideal Q in A as a reduction. We say that I is a good ideal in A if G = ∑ n≥0 I n/In+1 is a Gorenstein ring with a(G) = 1−d. The associated graded ring G of I is a Gorenstein ring with a(G) = −d if and only if I = Q. Hence good ideals in our sense are good ones next to the parameter...