Curriculum Alignment Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement

Name: Curriculum Alignment Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
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ISBN: 9781412960076

ISBN-10: 141296007X

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Edition: 2009

Authors: David A. Squires

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Use the power of alignment to strengthen curriculum and raise student achievement! This resource offers school administrators and curriculum specialists concrete, practical guidance for aligning curriculum and instruction to state standards and assessments to improve teaching and learning. The author offers research-based strategies that reinforce the importance of curriculum alignment and demonstrates how districts can: Use alignment as a major curriculum design element Translate research in to measurable results Expand options for raising test results and student outcomes Connect school policy with continuous school improvement Meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind

Book details

List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Corwin Press
Publication date: 8/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 7.06" wide x 10.06" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

David A. Squires is currently an associate professor working with doctoral students in the Educational Leadership Program at Southern Connecticut State University, specializing in curriculum, school reform, and organizational development. Previous positions include with the Comer School Development Program at Yale University; as a central office administrator for over a decade in Red Bank, New Jersey, where student achievement improved from below to above grade level; as a research specialist at Research for Better Schools in Philadelphia; as a graduate research assistant in the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh, where he received his doctorate in…



Preface


List of Figures and Tables


Acknowledgments


About the Author



Alignment and Instruction, Textbooks, and Standardized Tests



Introduction to Curriculum Alignment


What is Alignment?


Alignment Problems


The Alignment Matrix



Alignment and Instruction


Introduction


The "Reform Up Close" Study and Alignment Dimensions


Instructional Alignment and Professional Development


Three Smaller Studies of Instructional Alignment


What Districts Can Do



Alignment and Textbooks


Introduction


Textbook to Test Alignment


Summary of Findings for Studies of Textbook to Test Alignment


Quality of Textbook Instruction


Modifying the Use of Textbooks to Improve Alignment


Summary of Findings for Textbook Alignment


What Districts Can Do



Alignment and Standardized Tests


Introduction


Marzano's Standards Compilation


The Webb Studies:Aligning State Standards, Assessments, and Policies


Webb's WAT Web Site


The Browder Study: Alignment in Special Education


Vertical Alignment


Science Inquiry and Alignment to Three Large-Scale Assessments


The Bowe and Kingsbury Study


The National Center for Educational Statistics Study (2007): Cut Scores for State Tests and the NAEP


Backloanding the Curriculum


Summary of Findings for Studies of Alignment of State Tests


What Districts Can Do



Alignment and Mastery Learning, Project 2061, and TIMSS



Alignment, Reteaching, and Mastery Learning


A Personal Ntoe


Introduction


Bloom's Theory of School Learning


Cohen: Instructional Alignment


The Wishnick Study


Summary of Findings for Studies of Mastery Learning


What Districts Can Do



Ideas From Project 2061 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science


Introduction


Project 2061


Summary of Findings for Project 2061


What Districts Can Do



Alignment and the TIMSS Analysis


Introduction


The TIMSS Methodology


Curriculum and Student Acheivement


What Districts Can Do



The Aligned Curriculum



Criteria for a Useful and Useable Curriculum Incorporating Alignment


Introduction


The Many Meaning of Curriculum


The Common Definition of Curriculum


Our Definition of Curriculum


Criteria for a Useful and Useable Curriculum



Addressing Alignment Through a Curriculum Design: The Balanced Curriculum Model


Introduction


Results from School Districts


The Balanced Curriculum Model


Is the Balanced Curriculum Useful and Useable?


What Districts Can Do- A Conclusion



How the Balanced Curriculum Meets This Book's Recommendations for Districts



Summary of Alignment Research and Recommendations


Introduction


Summary of the Book


Summary of the Book's Chapters


The Reasearch Posted on the Alignment Matrix


Major Findings From the Alignment Research



10 Criteria for Structuring a Useful and Useable Curriculum


References


Index