Aligning and balancing the standards-based curriculum / / David A. Squires ; foreword by Fenwick W. English ; cover designer, Anthony Paular |
Autore | Squires David A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 375.001 |
Soggetto topico |
Curriculum planning - United States
Education - Standards - United States Competency-based education - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4833-6059-8
1-4833-6278-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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?""; ""Districts� 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 Textbooks� Role""; ""Content of What Teachers Teach""; ""TIMSS of Textbooks""; ""Mathematics and Science Textbooks""; ""What�s Wrong with Today�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 Districts� 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 What�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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480363603321 |
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Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2005 | ||
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Aligning and balancing the standards-based curriculum / / David A. Squires ; foreword by Fenwick W. English ; cover designer, Anthony Paular |
Autore | Squires David A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 375.001 |
Soggetto topico |
Curriculum planning - United States
Education - Standards - United States Competency-based education - United States |
ISBN |
1-4833-6059-8
1-4833-6278-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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?""; ""Districts� 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 Textbooks� Role""; ""Content of What Teachers Teach""; ""TIMSS of Textbooks""; ""Mathematics and Science Textbooks""; ""What�s Wrong with Today�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 Districts� 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 What�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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797310303321 |
Squires David A.
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Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2005 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aligning and balancing the standards-based curriculum / / David A. Squires ; foreword by Fenwick W. English ; cover designer, Anthony Paular |
Autore | Squires David A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 375.001 |
Soggetto topico |
Curriculum planning - United States
Education - Standards - United States Competency-based education - United States |
ISBN |
1-4833-6059-8
1-4833-6278-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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?""; ""Districts� 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 Textbooks� Role""; ""Content of What Teachers Teach""; ""TIMSS of Textbooks""; ""Mathematics and Science Textbooks""; ""What�s Wrong with Today�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 Districts� 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 What�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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827896703321 |
Squires David A.
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Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2005 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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