Ensuring High-Quality Curriculum : How to Design, Revise, or Adopt Curriculum Aligned to Student Success

Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION: The “Big Picture”of Curriculum CONSIDERATION 1: Organizing Centers CONSIDERATION 2: Alignment to Standards CONSIDERATION 3: Standards Placement and Emphasis CONSIDERATION 4: Assessment Types and Purposes CONSIDERATION 5: Curriculum-Embedded Performance Assessments CONSIDERATION 6: Instruction CONSIDERATION 7: Resources That Support Instruction CONSIDERATION 8: Success with Your Curriculum Epilogue Appendix A Appendix B References Index About the Author Related ASCD Resources Search this Book

We know that curriculum is the core of the classroom experience, but what makes a quality curriculum? How can educators be sure that what they teach is strongly aligned to the specific standards that their district or school has adopted? What kinds of lessons, learning experiences, and assessments are most effective, and how should they be embedded within the curriculum? You'll find the answers to these and many other questions in this definitive, step-by-step guide to curriculum design and evaluation.

Drawing from her work with teachers and administrators to facilitate curriculum development, Angela Di Michele Lalor offers targeted advice and real-life examples from elementary and secondary units of study across a variety of content areas and standards, as well as field-tested rubrics, protocols, and other tools. She provides criteria for evaluating each component of a curriculum and end-of-chapter checklists to help you ensure that the criteria are met.

Relevant to anyone who is creating or revising curriculum, or evaluating options among published alternatives, Ensuring High-Quality Curriculum is a comprehensive and accessible roadmap to developing a solid foundation for teaching and learning--and better results in the classroom.

"We know that curriculum is the core of the classroom experience, but what makes a quality curriculum? How can educators be sure that what they teach is strongly aligned to the specific standards that their district or school has adopted? What kinds of lessons, learning experiences, and assessments are most effective, and how should they be embedded within the curriculum? You'll find the answers to these and many other questions in this definitive, step-by-step guide to curriculum design and evaluation. Drawing from her work with teachers and administrators to facilitate curriculum development, Angela Di Michele Lalor offers targeted advice and real-life examples from elementary and secondary units of study across a variety of content areas and standards, as well as field-tested rubrics, protocols, and other tools. She provides criteria for evaluating each component of a curriculum and end-of-chapter checklists to help you ensure that the criteria are met. Relevant to anyone who is creating or revising curriculum, or evaluating options among published alternatives, Ensuring High-Quality Curriculum is a comprehensive and accessible roadmap to developing a solid foundation for teaching and learning--and better results in the classroom"--Back cover. Curriculum is the core of the classroom experience, but what makes a quality curriculum? What lessons, learning experiences, and assessments are most effective, and how should they be embedded within the curriculum? The answers to these and other questions appear in this definitive, step-by-step guide. Drawing from her work with teachers and administrators to facilitate curriculum development, author Lalor offers targeted advice and real-life examples from elementary and secondary units of study across a variety of content areas and standards, as well as field-tested rubrics, protocols, and other tools. The author provides criteria for evaluating each component of a curriculum and end-of-chapter checklists to ensure that the criteria are met. Relevant to anyone who is creating or revising curriculum, or evaluating options among published alternatives, "Ensuring High-quality Curriculum" is a comprehensive and accessible roadmap to developing a solid foundation for teaching and learning--and better results in the classroom Relevant to anyone who is creating or revising curriculum, or evaluating options among published alternatives, Ensuring High-Quality Curriculum is a comprehensive and accessible roadmap to developing a solid foundation for teaching and learning - and better results in the classroom. Develop a solid foundation for teaching and learning with this definitive, step-by-step guide to curriculum design and evaluation