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APPLICATION NO     :    R215G30037 APPLICANT          :    Vermont Department of Education                         120 State Street                         Montpelier, Vermont  05620-2501 CONTACT PERSON 	   :    Douglas Walker TELEPHONE      	   :    (802) 828-3111 AWARD TO DATE      :    $527,220 PROJECT PERIOD     :    07/01/93-06/30/96 

Vermont is engaged in the development of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary framework for curriculum and assessment designed to extend and refine the Common Core of Learning by significantly raising standards in three multidisciplinary strands: 1. History and the Social Sciences (fully funded by this grant); 2. Arts & Humanities (partially funded by this grant); and 3. Science, Mathematics, and Technology (not funded with this grant, but included in the overall project design).

During the first two years of the project, three commissions have worked to develop content standards and a description of essential learning experiences for Vermont's framework, and a Steering Committee has coordinated these efforts and directed the compilation of a second draft of the framework. A Statewide Assessment Committee has designed guidelines for assessment. An Outreach Committee has developed strategies for dissemination and implementation of the framework. The Vermont Professional Standards Board has developed a strategic plan that centers on the new student standards. Year Three builds on initial efforts by all of these groups, with a focus on:

• development of student performance standards for inclusion in the framework;
• dissemination of framework drafts in schools and communities throughout Vermont;
• creation of a User's Guide of models and exemplars to support implementation;
• design of a comprehensive statewide assessment plan based on the framework;
• elaboration of essential learning experiences needed for all students; and
• continued planning for alignment of professional educator licensing policies, procedures, and regulations to reflect best educational practices which promote high performance.

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