We believe our reports can help educators better understand
what standards alignment looks like in instructional materials.
Not exact matches
But the more intriguing gambit in the case of the recent
alignment of the Gothams» Best Feature winner and the Oscars» Best Picture is
what I pondered in last week's column: the apparently shifting definition of an «Oscar Movie» or «
Standard Best Picture Winner.»
It includes lesson vignettes to show
what such
alignment looks like in action, resources and links for states and districts working to put the
standards into place, and information about assessment.
So I don't think that
what Common Core
alignment looks like is «
Standard five on page 32.»
Even for the early adopters, the
standards pose some vexing questions:
What does «
alignment» — a vague concept to begin with — mean for educator preparation?
Thus,
what was intended to be an effort at
alignment of
standards across states for improving clarity and consistency of expected learning outcomes has resulted in a perceived ongoing inconsistency of expectations across states.
I also think we could do a lot better at figuring that out if we could have real discussions about the issue, including distinguishing
what is actually «the
standard» and
what are related, but independent concepts (eg, curriculum, student / teacher paradigms) and more substantive questions like developmental appropriateness, aligning expectations to societal needs — and justifying those needs and that
alignment — etc, etc....
The Eureka Math Curriculum Study Guide, Grade 8 provides an overview of all of the Grade 8 modules, including Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation The Concept of Congruence Similarity Linear Equations; Examples of Functions from Geometry Linear Function Introduction to Irrational Numbers Using Geometry FEATURES an overview of
what students should be learning throughout the year Information on
alignment to the instructional shifts and the
standards design of curricular components approaches to differentiated instruction descriptions of mathematical models
In this session, Kevin Baird takes us step by step in the elements of argumentative writing —
what it looks like according to the
standards, key elements for priority instruction, and
alignment to new assessments.
AVAILABLE SUMMER 2016 The Eureka Math Curriculum Study Guide, Grade 7 provides an overview of all of the Grade 7 modules, including Ratios and Proportional Relationships Rational Numbers Expressions and Equations Percent and Proportional Relationships Statistics and Probability Geometry FEATURES an overview of
what students should be learning throughout the year Information on
alignment to the instructional shifts and the
standards design of curricular components approaches to differentiated instruction descriptions of mathematical models
What can we hope to do to improve
alignment among the elements of the
standards - based policy system (and, ultimately, of teachers» instruction with
standards)?
Under
what circumstances is this
alignment easier or harder to engineer (e.g., in different subjects or for different
standards)?