Aligning and Balancing the Standards-Based Curriculum

Aligning and Balancing the Standards-Based Curriculum
Author: David A. Squires
Publisher: Corwin
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2004-09-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780761939634

Full of field-tested implementation tools, this comprehensive handbook shows how schools and districts can use the Balanced Curriculum process to put their schools on the track to success.

Aligning and Balancing the Standards-Based Curriculum

Aligning and Balancing the Standards-Based Curriculum
Author: David A. Squires
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2004-09-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483362787

Full of field-tested implementation tools, this comprehensive handbook shows how schools and districts can use the Balanced Curriculum process to put their schools on the track to success.

Rigorous Curriculum Design

Rigorous Curriculum Design
Author: Larry Ainsworth
Publisher: Lead + Learn Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1935588052

The need for a cohesive and comprehensive curriculum that intentionally connects standards, instruction, and assessment has never been more pressing. For educators to meet the challenging learning needs of students they must have a clear road map to follow throughout the school year. Rigorous Curriculum Design presents a carefully sequenced, hands-on model that curriculum designers and educators in every school system can follow to create a progression of units of study that keeps all areas tightly focused and connected.

Deciding What to Teach and Test

Deciding What to Teach and Test
Author: Fenwick W. English
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780803968325

This is an invaluable resource (sold as part of a kit) for developing a curriculum which aligns teaching and testing

The Standards-Based Classroom

The Standards-Based Classroom
Author: Emily Rinkema
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2018-08-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1544324243

Get to know which practices related to curriculum, instruction, and assessment are essential to make learning the goal for every student! You’ll learn how to Create learning targets that are scalable and transferable within and across units Develop instructional scales for each learning target Design non-scored practice activities and assessments Introduce and model skills that will be assessed and design tasks that allow students to use these skills Differentiate instruction and activities based on data from various types of assessments Maintain a gradebook that tracks summative achievement of learning targets, and score assessments accordingly Communicate progress clearly and efficiently with students and families

Curriculum Alignment

Curriculum Alignment
Author: David A. Squires
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412960061

Provides information for school administrators and curriculum specialists on ways to align the curriculum to state standards to improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness.

Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics

Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics
Author: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Commission on Standards for School Mathematics
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1989
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

Curriculum standards for mathematics for grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12 are presented which suggest areas of instructional emphasis for specific student outcomes. Also discusses evaluation standards for both the curriculum and student achievement. K-12.

Standards-based Learning in Action

Standards-based Learning in Action
Author: Tom Schimmer
Publisher: Solution Tree
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781945349010

Learn how to overcome the knowing-doing gap in standards-based learning systems, and move toward unpacking the standards and learning targets your students need.

Curriculum Leadership

Curriculum Leadership
Author: Allan A. Glatthorn
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1412992192

Curriculum Leadership: Strategies for Development and Implementation, Third Edition is a one-of-a-kind resource written for educational leaders, teachers, and administrators. Responding to the need for globally connected classrooms and innovative leadership, this unique text provides a rich and inclusive foundation of curriculum. The authors draw upon a wide range of research and experience to provide readers with creative, up-to-date curriculum strategies and ideas. In sharing innovative programs, learning experiences, and new approaches, they build a solid connection for curriculum development from theory to practice, helping future leaders in education meet the global challenges of our time.

Balanced Assessment Systems

Balanced Assessment Systems
Author: Steve Chappuis
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2016-07-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1506354211

Build a balanced assessment system and support ESSA requirements! The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) increases assessment flexibility and responsibilities for states and districts, and this comprehensive guide helps leaders meet and succeed that challenge. Authors Chappuis, Commodore and Stiggins have helped thousands of teachers, principals and other educational leaders in becoming assessment-literate and developing assessment systems built on quality assessment. Readers will learn how to: Develop balance in an assessment system by combining formative and summative approaches, providing insight on students’ progress Strengthen classroom-based assessment and involve students in self-assessment