Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education

by John S. Kendall, Robert J. Marzano

Are you familiar with the education standards developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics? The science standards developed by the National Research Council? The science "literacy goals" proposed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science? In Content Knowledge you=ll find information on all the major subject areas, organized to allow you and others in your school or district to quickly and easily explore the variety of education standards and benchmarks in use today. The authors have consulted 137 national and state-level documents that address standards and benchmarks. By putting all the standards in a clear, consistent format, they have streamlined the process of developing standards-based curriculum and instruction in K-12 mathematics, science, history, English language arts, the arts, civics, economics, foreign language, geography, health, physical education, technology, behavioral studies, and life skills. In each subject, you=ll find clear and succinct summaries of standards and benchmarks at various grade levels, such as K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Benchmarks are keyed to three broad categories of knowledge (procedural, declarative, or contextual knowledge), making it easy to identify targets for learning at every level. There are more than 256 standards and 4,100 benchmarks in all. In this edition, the authors have updated five subject English language arts, mathematics, science, foreign language, and technology. The content in all five of these subjects has been strengthened with information from supporting standards documents and other reports issued since the release of the 2nd edition of Content Knowledge in 1997. Whether used as a resource for creating new standards or as a reference for validating existing standards, Content Knowledge remains an indispensable resource for every school.

Genres: Education

682 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1997

About the author

John S. Kendall was a distinguished psychology professor and the twelfth president of Gustavus Adolphus College. He taught at the College for 30 years and also served several terms as psychology department chair. In 1973 he received Gustavus's highest teaching honor, the Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching. He was named the College's 12th president in 1981 and served until 1991.

Throughout his life he was an active consultant or board member for numerous organizations. He was a consulting clinical psychologist for the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare for nearly two decades, a longtime panelist with the National Science Foundation, a member of the board of directors for Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota for many years, and a commissioner for the North Central Association (a major higher education accrediting body in the Midwest).