LEADER 05086nam 2200649 450 001 9910827896703321 005 20230617012933.0 010 $a1-4833-6059-8 010 $a1-4833-6278-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000456212 035 $a(EBL)1655827 035 $a(OCoLC)923707232 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001530195 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12628017 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001530195 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11523494 035 $a(PQKB)10178735 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1994230 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000456212 100 $a20150822h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAligning and balancing the standards-based curriculum /$fDavid A. Squires ; foreword by Fenwick W. English ; cover designer, Anthony Paular 210 1$aThousand Oaks, California :$cCorwin Press,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7619-3963-6 311 $a0-7619-3962-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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?""; ""Districtsa??? Responses to Standards and High-Stakes Tests""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2 - Textbooks: What the Research Says"" 327 $a""A Brief History of Textbooks""""The Process of Publishing Textbooks""; ""TIMSS and NAEP Provide a Context for Understanding Textbooksa??? Role""; ""Content of What Teachers Teach""; ""TIMSS of Textbooks""; ""Mathematics and Science Textbooks""; ""Whata???s Wrong with Todaya???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"" 327 $a""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 Districtsa??? 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 Whata???s Tested""; ""Sampling the Universe of Items in the Domain"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""Various Models for the Curriculum Writing Process"" 330 $a 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.
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