This book is a teachers and administrators guide for implementing and sustaining an educational system that ensures students are taught and learn what is required by benchmarks, assessments, and state standards, and to the learning needs of each individual student. This is accomplished by providing a tight alignment between the intended, taught, and tested curricula.
Implement and sustain a curriculum and instructional system that meets state standards and results in higher levels of student learning. Teach students the assessed concepts so that they can successfully apply their knowledge. Improve student scoring on standardized achievement tests. Achieve a tight alignment between the intended, taught, and tested curricula. Examine the roles of policy, practices, and leadership in redesigning the educational system.
by Dr. Lawrence W. LezotteIntroductionChapter 1: What Is Total Instructional Alignment?Chapter 2: Aligning the SystemChapter 3: Aligning Standards, Curriculum, and AssessmentChapter 4: Aligning InstructionChapter 5: Aligning AssessmentChapter 6: Leadership and Change
It was difficult for me to get through which was sad because it wasn't very long. I felt like everything Carter talked about I've heard multiple times from other workshops, books, or co-workers. The problem is not that alignment needs to be addressed, we know that it does. The problem is that without an entire school (or district) on board, alignment will not happen.