Aligning and Balancing Standards-Based Curriculum
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Squires (educational leadership, Southern Connecticut State U.) presents the Balanced Curriculum model for school boards, superintendents, principals, school leaders, teachers, and university professors who are interested in addressing state standards in a comprehensive way and also in improving student achievement. Coverage includes tools for improvement, including textbooks, standards, standardized tests, alignment, and curriculum structure; a detailed description of the design of the Balanced Curriculum; the use of field-tested practices in implementing, managing, and revising the curriculum to take advantage of new information from students' unit assessments, yearly assessments, and teachers' feedback; and a summary of results from school districts and schools writing and implementing the Balanced Curriculum model. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Foreword1Curriculum, instruction, assessment, and standards32Textbooks : what the research says133Understanding and using national, state, and local frameworks and standards474The importance of aligning curriculum575The conundrum of standardized testing876Curriculum structure and criteria for a useful and useable curriculum1017The balanced curriculum process1258Setting up the curriculum writing process1539Defining the components of a good program15910Reviewing standards, squencing courses, describing units, and delineating unit timelines16711Other standards for alignment and balance18312Generating and validating significant tasks19313Aligning the balanced curriculum with standards and assessments21914Balancing the aligned curriculum23515Constructing content assessments24516Constructing format assessments25717Introducing the balanced curriculum process in a district26718Staff development to promote curriculum implementation28119The superintendent's role28720The results so far : fifteen years of data from urban, suburban, and rural schools295
