Aligning Standards and Curriculum for Classroom Success [Paperback]

Featuring the latest research on standards and curriculum design, this valuable resource provides educators with a systematic approach for instructional planning aligned with today's high standards.

Featuring the latest research on standards and curriculum design, this valuable resource provides educators with a systematic approach for instructional planning aligned with today's high standards.

This book is a distinct contribution to the field given todays accountability-heavy educational environment. An understanding of how to work successfully with standards is critical to student and teacher success.

It seems you cant talk to any American teacher today without hearing about the pressure to raise test scores and cover standards. Perna and Davis help schools and teachers navigate the standards movement by creating a common language and step-by-step approach that brings state standards from an abstract--and sometimes feared--document to a powerful classroom tool.

The authors have designed a process that respects the teachers professionalism and works to collaborate with parents in a discussion about standards and possible educational outcomes without becoming mechanical.

Foreword by Fenwick W. English
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Student Achievement Using a Holistic Approach to Standards
What Are Standards?
Best Practices
The Consensus for Standards
Standards-Based Instructional Plan: Language Arts
2. The Need for Dialogue
Communicating Consensus
Stakeholders as Team Members
Steps in the CAST Dialogue Process
Standards-Based Instructional Plan: U.S. History
3. The Language ol£3