Standards-Based Curriculum and Instruction

Course Description

This course focuses on the development of strategies for linking standards-based education to classroom curriculum. This course will explore the historical foundations of the standards movement as well as current research on standards as a basis for understanding standards-based instruction. Students will learn to create effective standards-based performance assessment tasks for their classrooms.

Topics and Objectives

Foundations of Standards-Based Curriculum and Instruction

  • Examine the historical foundations of the modern standards movement.
  • Analyze early criticism of the modern standards movement.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of standards as a vehicle for educational reform.
  • Analyze the perception of standards in the school setting.

Key Issues of Standards-Based Curriculum and Instruction

  • Identify different types of standards.
  • Analyze challenges faced by states and districts as they develop standards.
  • Examine guidelines for quality, teachable standards.
  • Compare and contrast standards documents.

Classroom Best Practices for Standards-Based Curriculum and Instruction

  • Summarize the conditions under which standards are most effective.
  • Examine the role of standards as part of a system-wide change aimed towards improving student performance.
  • Recommend strategies to ensure all students successfully meet the standards.
  • Create a standards-based interdisciplinary unit.
  • Analyze the roles of administrators and teachers in implementing standards-based curriculum and instruction.
  • Recommend a professional development plan that emphasizes standards-based curriculum and instruction.

Assessment Techniques for Standards-Based Curriculum and Instruction

  • Analyze the ways in which traditional grading practices must change to reflect standards-based reforms.
  • Analyze ways to align testing practices with standards.
  • Recommend strategies to improve current grading practices to reflect standards.

Future Trends in Standards-Based Curriculum and Instruction

  • Examine the longevity of the modern standards movement.
  • Analyze challenges and concerns that remain in the standards movement.
  • Summarize the next steps in standards-based reform.

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