Curriculum+Standards

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[|Common Core Home] Common Core Shifts
 * http://coe.k-state.edu/annex/keli/download/toolkit/CCshifts.pdf
 * http://www.achievethecore.org/content/upload/Shifts%202%20pager_091313.pdf

Washington State
[|Your Child's Progress]
 * A document created by the state that summarizes key learning goals by grade

[|Washington's Transition to the Common Core]
 * Resources comparing WA state standards to the Common Core and outlining plans to transition to common core.

[|Washington State Learning Standards]
 * Links to curriculum standards by subject and grade

[|Power Standards: Spokane School District]

National Organizations
English [|NCTE Standards] - National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association [|IRA Standards] - International Reading Association

Foreign Language [|ACTFL Standards] - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Math [|NCTM Standards] - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Social Studies [|NCSS Standards] - National Council for the Social Studies

Science [|NSTA Standards] - National Science Teachers Association

Physical Education [|NASPE Standards] - National Association for Sport and Physical Education

Music [|NAfME Standards] - National Association for Music Education

Art [|NAEA Standards] - National Art Education Association

Critiques and Accolades of Standardized Curriculum
"[|Un-Standardizing Curriculum]" by Christine Sleeter

[|Debunking the Case for National Standards] by Alfie Kohn

Marzano, R. J., & Kendall, J. S. (1996). [|The fall and rise of standards-based education]. A National Association of State Boards of Education issues in brief. Washington, DC: National Association of State Boards of Education

[|The Challenge of Standards] - Frontline Documentary

[|Tests Don't Assess What Really Matters] - A critique of standardized tests that argues placing high stakes on any survey of data makes it unreliable. user:awalker27