The report profiles work in Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington, D.C. to «create the conditions for aligned standards and curricula or to directly develop and scale high - quality, standards -
aligned curricular materials, and the results of their efforts.»
To address the significant challenge of the absence of externally vetted, high - quality Common Core materials, districts and teachers are developing
aligned curricular materials locally.31 While many districts report challenges associated with developing aligned curriculum, many also report positive responses from teachers involved in creating curricular materials.
Not exact matches
To date, however, that has seldom included the development and dissemination of
curricular materials that are not just «
aligned» with the Common Core but that also embody the spirit of the standards» call for building knowledge through a content - rich curriculum.
Set clear standards,
align assessments to those standards, hold educators accountable, and help them find solid
curricular materials that sync with the standards.
In coming months, Fordham will point to some good examples of textbooks and other instructional
materials that are
aligned and high quality; other organizations are also gearing up (better late than never) to review
curricular materials.
While academic content standards such as NGSS lay out concepts and skills students should learn at each grade level, the
curricular framework serves as a blueprint for delivering those standards and includes criteria for evaluating instructional
materials aligned to the new content.
And the result of that search — a selection of resources including assessment ideas, instructional
materials... even cross
curricular connections,,, all
aligned to your standards.
We also use FOSS / Delta Science
curricular materials, which
align with our Core Knowledge scope and sequence.
States and districts face similar challenges with delivering quality Common Core -
aligned professional development as they do in creating
curricular materials.