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2. Standards-driven Curriculum and Teaching

Mitchell, R. (1996). Front-end alignment: Using standards to steer educational change. Washington, DC: The Education Trust.

This manual can guide those interested in developing standards and using them as a vehicle for rethinking and improving education. The five sections address: (1) academic standards; (2) standards and student work; (3) performance standards; (4) curriculum and assessment; and (5) transition to a standards-based model. In the area of establishing academic standards, this manual offers advice on forming a writing committee for each academic area or goal; collecting state and local standards from other jurisdictions; and forming a review committee that represents every segment of the community. The manual advocates examining student work as part of the process of setting performance standards and designing curriculum and assessments, and offers a six-step process for looking at student work.

Mitchell, R., Willis, M., & Chicago Teachers Union Quest Center. (1995). Learning in overdrive: Designing curriculum, instruction, and assessment from standards. Golden, CO: North American Press.

This process manual can help teachers plan standards-based instructional units. It demonstrates how to connect standards to interdisciplinary clusters; devise real-world tasks that represent the standards; and organize the tasks in such a way that students can attain the standards. The manual is recommended for use during a workshop or other collaborative venture and prescribes a nine-step process to implement a standards-driven system: (1) selecting standards; (2) identifying and clarifying standards; (3) making connections among standards; (4) developing culminating tasks; (5) checking standards against the task; (6) organizing the culminating task into learning sections; (7) developing and scoring performance assessments; (8) determining appropriate instructional strategies; and (9) evaluating the instructional unit.

Additional Publications about Standards-driven Curriculum and Teaching ⁽¹⁾

Bybee, R.W., Buchwald, C.E., Crissman, S., Heil, D.R., Kuerbis, P.J., Matsumoto, C., & McIreney, J.D. (1990). Science and technology education for the middle years: Frameworks for curriculum and instruction. Andover, MA: National Center for Improving Science Education

Bybee, R.W., Buchwald, C.E., Crissman, S., Heil, D.R., Kuerbis, P.J., Matsumoto, C., & McIreney, J.D. (1989). Science and technology education for the elementary years: Frameworks for curriculum and instruction. Andover, MA: National Center for Improving Science Education.

Center for Civic Education. (1994). National standards for civics and government. Calabasas, CA: Author.

College Board. (1983). Academic preparation for college: What students need to know and be able to do. New York: College Entrance Examination Board.

Committee on the Junior High and Middle School Booklist of the National Council of Teachers of English (Ed.). (1991). Your reading: A booklist for junior high and middle school students (8th ed.). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Committee on the Senior High School Booklist of the National Council of Teachers of English (Ed.). (1992). Books for you: A booklist for senior high students (11th ed.). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Consortium of National Arts Education Associations. (1994). National standards for arts education: What every young American should know and be able to do in the arts. Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference.

Crafton, L.K. (1996). Standards in practice: Grades K-2. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Darling-Hammond, L., & Falk, B. (1997, November). Using standards and assessments to support student learning. Phi Delta Kappan, 190-199.

Edison Project. (1994a). Student standards for the elementary academy. New York: Author.

Edison Project. (1994b). Student standards for the junior academy. New York: Author.

Edison Project. (1994c). Student standards for the primary academy. New York: Author.

Geography Education Standards Project. (1994). Geography for life: National geography standards. Washington, DC: National Geographic Research and Exploration.

Hirsch, E.D., Jr. (1987). Cultural literacy: What every American needs to know. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Joint Committee on National Health Education Standards. (1995). National health education standards: Achieving health literacy. Reston, VA: Association for the Advancement of Health Education.

Kendall, J.S., & Marzano, R.J. (1997). Content knowledge: A compendium of standards and benchmarks for K-12 education. Aurora, CO: Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning.

Linn, R.L., & Herman, J.L. (1997, February). A policymaker's guide to standards-led assessment. Denver CO: Education Commission of the States.

Marzano, R.J., & Kendall, J.S. (1996). A comprehensive guide to designing standards-based schools, districts, and classrooms. Aurora, CO: Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning.

Myers, M., & Spalding, E. (Eds.). (1997). Exemplar series: Grades 6-8. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Myers, M., & Spalding, E. (Eds.). (1997). Standards exemplar series: Assessing student performance grades 9-12. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

National Association for Sport and Physical Education. (1995). Moving into the future, national standards for physical education: A guide to content and assessment. St Louis, MO: Mosby.

National Business Education Association. (1995). National standards for business education: What America's students should know and be able to do in business. Reston, VA: Author.

National Center for History in the Schools. (1994a). National standards for history for grades K-4: Expanding children's world in time and space (expanded ed.). Los Angeles: Author.

National Center for History in the Schools. (1994b). National standards for United States history: Exploring the American experience (expanded ed.). Los Angeles: Author.

National Center for History in the Schools. (1994c). National standards for world history: Exploring paths to the present (expanded ed.). Los Angeles: Author.

National Center for History in the Schools. (1996). National standards for history (basic ed.). Los Angeles: Author.

National Council for the Social Studies. (1994). Expectations of excellence: Curriculum standards for social studies. Washington, DC: Author.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (1993). Assessment standards for school mathematics. Reston, VA: Author.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (1991). Professional standards for teaching mathematics. Reston, VA: Author.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (1989). Curriculum and evaluation standards for school mathematics. Reston, VA: Author.

National Research Council. (1996). National science education standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

National Standards in Foreign Language Education Project. (1996). Standards for foreign language learning: Preparing for the 21st century. Lawrence, KS: Author.

New Standards. (1997a). Performance standards: English language arts, mathematics, science, applied learning, volume 1, elementary school. Washington, DC: National Center on Education and the Economy.

New Standards. (1997b). Performance standards: English language arts, mathematics, science, applied learning, volume 2, middle school. Washington, DC: National Center on Education and the Economy.

New Standards. (1997c). Performance standards: English language arts, mathematics, science, applied learning, volume 3, high school. Washington, DC: National Center on Education and the Economy.

Noddings, N. (1997, November). Thinking about standards. Phi Delta Kappan, pp. 184-189.

Sierra-Perry, M. (1996). Standards in practice: Grades 3-5. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Smagorinsky, P. (1996). Standards in practice: Grades 9-12. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Speech Communication Association. (1996). Speaking, listening, and media literacy standards for K through 12 education. Annandale, VA: Author.

Wilhelm, J.D. (1996). Standards in practice: Grades 6-8. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

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