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What the experts say about how the Balanced Curriculum process can tip the scales in favor of your students!"The work that Dr. Squires has done in moving the curriculum development process onto the Web has removed some of the tedium involved in crafting curriculum, making it ′user friendly′ and open to the kinds of ongoing changes that make the promise of continual renewal of curriculum a reality."From the Foreword by Fenwick W. English--R. Wendell Eaves Distinguished Professor of Educational LeadershipUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "A coherent approach to curriculum, instruction, and assessment in the age of standards-driven education.... It will be an excellent contribution."--H. Lynn EricksonAuthor, Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction"I′m happy with the Balanced Curriculum process, my Board is happy, and my students are benefiting by it."--Philomena T. Pezzano, District SuperintendentEnglewood Cliffs, New Jersey Public Schools "The book builds a bridge of confidence that will convince readers of both the ideas and of their own ability to succeed."--David W. Champagne, Professor EmeritusUniversity of Pittsburgh "A wonderful and thorough explanation of the Balanced Curriculum." --Michelle Barnea, Educational ConsultantMilburn, New Jersey Aligning and Balancing the Standards-Based Curriculumhighlights the research, theory, method, practice, and implementation guidelines from a successful 15-year track record of schools already using the BalancedCurriculum.com Web site and its curriculum balancing process. Benefit from the invaluable insights, experience, and expertise of author David A. Squires, as he outlines curriculum innovations that include:

Web-based solutions to simplify curriculum development and writing Professional development opportunities designed to achieve school and districtwide consensus on curriculum development Practical methods for ensuring that the curriculum is consistently reviewed, evaluated, enhanced, aligned, and rebalanced

Full of field-tested practices, clear-sighted diagrams, sample lessons, assessments, and case studies, this comprehensive handbook shows how schools and districts all across the nation can use the Balanced Curriculum process to put their schools on the track to success.

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• Foreword
• Preface
• About the Author
• About the Balanced Curriculum Web Site
• Introduction
• Section I Curriculum Tools and Concepts: Textbooks, Standards, Alignment, and Standardized Testing
• 1 Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Standards
• 2 Textbooks: What the Research Says
• 3 Understanding and Using National, State, and Local Frameworks and Standards
• 4 The Importance of Aligning Curriculum
• 5 The Conundrum of Standardized Testing
• Section II The Design of the Balanced Curriculum
• 6 Curriculum Structure and Criteria for a Useful and Useable Curriculum
• 7 The Balanced Curriculum Process
• 8 Setting Up the Curriculum Writing Process
• 9 Defining the Components of a Good Program
• 10 Reviewing Standards, Sequencing Courses, Describing Units, and Delineating Unit Timelines
• 11 Other Standards for Alignment and Balance
• 12 Generating and Validating Significant Tasks
• 13 Aligning the Balanced Curriculum With Standards and Assessments
• 14 Balancing the Aligned Curriculum
• 15 Constructing Content Assessments
• 16 Constructing Format Assessments
• Section III Staff Development for and Results of the Balanced Curriculum
• 17 Introducing the Balanced Curriculum Process in a District
• 18 Staff Development to Promote Curriculum Implementation
• 19 The Superintendent's Role
• 20 The Results So Far: Fifteen Years of Data From Urban, Suburban, and Rural Schools
• Bibliography
• Index

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

David A. Squiresis 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 curriculum and super­vision with minors in language arts education and administration; and as a high school English teacher in suburban Pittsburgh and inner-city Cleveland. He heads a con­sulting firm, ABC Education Consultants, LLC, that assists school districts in writing and implementing the Balanced Curriculum.