Aligning and balancing the standards-based curriculum / / David A. Squires ; foreword by Fenwick W. English ; cover designer, Anthony Paular

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797310303321
• Autore: Squires David A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2005; ©2005
• ISBN: 1-4833-6059-8; 1-4833-6278-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Disciplina: 375.001
• Soggetti: Curriculum planning - United States; Education - Standards - United States; Competency-based education - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents ""; ""Foreword""; "" Preface""; ""About the Author""; ""About the Balanced Curriculum Web Site""; ""Introduction""; ""Section I - Curriculum Tools and Concepts: Textbooks, Standards, Alignment, and Standardized Testing""; ""Chapter 1 - Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Standards""; ""Curriculum: What it is and What it is Not""; ""Teacher Autonomy and the Role of Curriculum""; ""Why is Curriculum Important?""; ""Districtsâ€? Responses to Standards and High-Stakes Tests""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2 - Textbooks: What the Research Says""; ""A Brief History of Textbooks""""The Process of Publishing Textbooks""; ""TIMSS and NAEP Provide a Context for Understanding Textbooksâ€? Role""; ""Content of What Teachers Teach""; ""TIMSS of Textbooks""; ""Mathematics and Science Textbooks""; ""Whatâ€?s Wrong with Todayâ€?s Math and Science Texts?""; ""Social Studies Textbooks""; ""English and Language Arts Textbooks""; ""Basal Readers and the Balanced Curriculum""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3 - Understanding and Using National, State, and Local Frameworks and Standards""; ""Definition of Standards""; ""A Brief History of the Standards Movement""""The Logic behind the Standards Movement""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4 - The Importance of Aligning Curriculum""; ""The Alignment Problem: Many Standards, Limited Instruction""; ""The History of Alignment""; ""School Districtsâ€? Attempts at Alignment""; ""Textbooks Aligned to Standards and Tests""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 5 - The Conundrum of Standardized Testing""; ""Summary of the History and Purpose of Standardized Testing""; ""Making Inferences""; ""Defining the Domain of Whatâ€?s Tested""; ""Sampling the Universe of Items in the Domain""; ""Sampling Decisions Must be Secret for Inferences about Test Results to be Valid""""Limited Testing and a Large Number of Standards""; ""Score Spread of Individual Items""; ""Tests Serve Multiple Missions""; ""Testing Narrows the Curriculum""; ""Lack Specifics about What is Tested Increases Curriculum Coverage""; ""Reporting Test Results""; ""One Score Used as the Only Source of Information for High-Stakes Decisions""; ""What to Do""; ""Summary""; ""Section II - The Design of the Balanced Curriculum""; ""Chapter 6 - Curriculum Structure and Criteria for a Useful and Useable Curriculum""; ""Curriculum Defined""""Some Options for Curriculum Structure""; ""Usefulness and Usability as Indicators of Curriculum Quality""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 7 - The Balanced Curriculum Process""; ""Describe the Curriculum""; ""Align and Balance the Curriculum""; ""Assess the Curriculum""; ""Manage the Curriculum""; ""Provide Staff Development for the Curriculum""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 8 - Setting up the Curriculum Writing Process""; ""The Planning Team, Superintendent, and Point Person""; ""The Superintendent""; ""Recruitment of Curriculum Authors""; ""The Role of Principals""; ""Various Models for the Curriculum Writing Process""
• Sommario/riassunto: Full of field-tested implementation tools, this comprehensive handbook shows how schools and districts can use the Balanced Curriculum process to put their schools on the track to success. <br />