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1 online resource |
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Education in a competitive and globalizing world |
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Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.
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""CURRICULUM DISTRICT STORIES OF A PATH TO IMPROVED ACHIEVEMENT""; ""CURRICULUM DISTRICT STORIES OF A PATH TO IMPROVED ACHIEVEMENT""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction to Part One:""; ""Chapters 1 and 2""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction and Book Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""The ASIA Framework � An Overview""; ""Quick Critiques of Existing Curriculum Development Models""; ""Structure of the Book""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 The Balanced Curriculum Model""; ""Introduction to the Balanced Curriculum Model"" |
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""1. Courses, Units and Significant Tasks Guide Time, Content and Process Dimensions of the Curriculum""""2. Align Significant Tasks to Standards and High-Stakes Assessment Specifications""; ""3. Balancing the Aligned Curriculum""; ""4. Assessing the Curriculum""; ""5. Implementing the Curriculum""; ""6. Modifying the Curriculum""; ""Results from Schools and Districts Implementing the Balanced Curriculum Model""; ""How the Balanced Curriculum Addresses the ASIA Framework""; ""Alignment""; ""Implications for Teachers""; ""Implications for Principals""; ""Implications for Central Office"" |
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""Structure of the Curriculum and Stability""""Implications for Teachers""; ""Implications for Principals""; ""Implications for the Central Office""; ""Implementation and Infrastructure""; ""Comments""; ""Completions""; ""Yearly Curriculum Revisions""; ""Implications for Teachers""; ""Implications for Principals""; ""Implications for Central Office""; ""Assessments""; ""Implications for Teachers""; ""Implications for Administrators""; ""Implications for the Central Office""; ""Assessments""; ""Implications for Teachers""; ""Implications for Principals"" |
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""Implications for the Central Office""""References""; ""Introduction to Part Two: Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7""; ""Chapter 3 The Alignment Research""; ""Introduction to Alignment""; ""What Is Alignment?""; ""The Alignment Matrix""; ""Alignment of the Taught Curriculum to the Written and Tested Curriculum""; ""Alignment and the Written Curriculum � Textbooks""; ""Alignment of State Tests to State Standards:""; ""The Written � Tested Connection""; ""Alignment Ideas from AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) of Project 2061"" |
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""Alignment Ideas From TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study)""""Alignment between the Tested and the Taught Curriculum""; ""Alignment in Relation to the Other ASIA Criteria""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 Curriculum Structure and District Leadership Stability""; ""Introduction""; ""Curriculum�s Purpose is to Reduce Variation in""; ""Teaching Outcomes""; ""The “Common� Definition of Curriculum""; ""Our Definition of Curriculum""; ""Part 1: “Curriculum is the District�s Written Plan��"" |
| Summary |
A curriculum is not known to improve academic achievements. This book offers case studies of three Connecticut districts of high, medium and low socio-economic status, three districts from a national sample that won the prestigious Booker prize mainly representing low SES districts, and 10 districts that have implemented a Balanced Curriculum with a sample of various SES districts from high to low. All of them have used their curriculum as the vehicle toward improved achievements. The districts studied have four common themes, represented by the acronym ""ASIA"", for Alignment, Structure and S |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
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Curriculum planning -- United States -- Case studies
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Education -- Standards -- United States -- Case studies
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Teacher participation in curriculum planning -- United States -- Case studies
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School districts -- United States -- Case studies
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Educational accountability -- United States -- Case studies
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EDUCATION -- Curricula.
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Curriculum planning
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Education -- Standards
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Educational accountability
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School districts
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Teacher participation in curriculum planning
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Squires, David A
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| LC no. |
2020677757 |
| ISBN |
9781629487199 |
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1629487198 |
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