Of the 42 state documents in our sample, 2 provided only K - 12 standards, 26 provided standards by grade - level clusters, 3
provided grade clusters plus additional benchmarks or objectives for the primary grades, and 11 provided standards and benchmarks / objectives for each grade level from K - 12.
Not exact matches
We began this area of our analysis with a comparison between the 26 reading / language documents that include benchmarks only at
grade cluster levels (e.g., K - 4) and the 14 documents that
provide information by
grade level for
grades K - 3.
For this analysis, we examined the
grade cluster information for the lowest
grade cluster provided (e.g., K - 2, 1 - 3, K - 4).
Not surprisingly, it appears that documents which break out benchmarks at
grades K - 3 are more likely to address the foundational knowledge and skills related to reading acquisition than are those that
provide only
grade cluster information.
In addition to coherence, the three strands, or ONE, link concepts within and across CCSS domains and
clusters at each
grade level and
provide a foundation that supports the transition to algebra.
Our ninth
grade cluster program
provides entering freshmen an opportunity for easier transition into the large high school setting by breaking their class into teams that remain together for the four academic core classes (English, Social Studies, Math and Science).
For students who either fail to master the material or are unchallenged by the level of difficulty, the school's four 10th
grade world history classes
provide structural differentiation through
cluster grouping.
The objective of our study was to evaluate the real - world effectiveness of ROE in preventing violence (reducing aggression and increasing pro-social behaviour) in children and youth at the individual level, immediately after program completion and up to three years afterwards, in two successive samples determined via
cluster random assignment, in order to
provide rigorous evidence to inform provincial government decision - making regarding the future expansion of ROE in Manitoba, including questions related to relative effectiveness by student gender and
grade level.