Sentences with phrase «made aligned instructional materials»

One state leading the way in this work is Louisiana, where the State Department of Education has made aligned instructional materials a foundational element in its approach to supporting teachers and students in meeting high standards.

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By instructional leadership, we mean the principal's capacity to: 1) offer a vision for instruction that will inspire the faculty; 2) analyze student performance data and make sound judgments as to which areas of the curriculum need attention; 3) make good judgments about the quality of the teaching in a classroom based on analysis of student work; 4) recognize the elements of sound standards - based classroom organization and practice; 5) provide strong coaching to teachers on all of the foregoing; 6) evaluate whether instructional systems in the school are properly aligned; and 7) determine the quality and fitness of instructional materials.

Helpful criteria What can school boards and school - district administrators do to avoid this type of «confirmation bias» and make sure their textbooks, curricula, and instructional materials are truly aligned to the Common Core — particularly when they are trying to make sense of the veracity of sales pitches from some of American education's richest and most influential forces, the textbook publishers?