Curriculum mapping breaks with traditional curriculum practices by revealing what is actually being taught, how long it is being taught, and the match between what is being taught and the district's testing program. (Author/MLF)

Discusses curriculum development efforts aimed at defining what curriculum is actually taught vs an intended curriculum. Curriculum mapping--used to record content, and curriculum variance--actual differences in content, are explained. (RAO)

Outlines the inadequacies of conventional curriculum guides. The emerging emphasis on the use of curriculum alignment is presented as a promising alternative with four major advantages: (1) local control of the curriculum, (2) textbook adoption by local needs, (3) better pupil achievement, and (4) simpler curriculum monitoring. Includes a…

Curriculum development is an activity that goes on in all school districts, although in some districts it is haphazard and in others it is carefully planned. School district leaders must recognize this situation and take charge of the program to assure that it adheres to high standards. The efforts of each teacher must be "mapped," which…

Reports the use of curriculum mapping, a systematic approach to monitoring curriculum implementation and gathering feedback, during one year in a western suburban school district. Describes how administrators can use mapping to manage a school curriculum and identifies methodological problems. (TE)

This paper discusses the school board's responsibility for curriculum matters and attacks the traditional view that the school board should only decide policy matters, while the superintendent should administer that policy. The author defines curriculum as everything that goes on in the schools and argues that it is the board's responsibility to…

What works and does not work in school systems, colleges, and businesses is discussed with a focus on curriculum in the schools and other organizations. Organizational studies were completed in several school systems nationwide. Ten chapters look at the following: (1) curriculum management (the case of the academy, what curriculum is, the nature…

Practical curriculum issues faced by the school administrator are addressed in this guidebook. Chapter 1 examines the function of curriculum in schools and describes the three forms of curricula: formal, informal, and hidden. These forms appear as written, taught, and tested curricula. Chapter 2 develops a template for curriculum content. The…

This document discusses the need to control curriculum quality and describes two methods to assess school districts' efforts at curriculum quality control. Exercising such control means effecting a congruence between what should be taught (the school district's objectives), what is taught, and what students learn. In the first method of assessing…

This book explains curriculum audits and how to conduct them. Chapter I, "Why Audit?" presents criteria for determining if an audit is warranted and describes three basic types: functional, operational, and programmatic. Chapter II shows how the three primary activities of document review, interviews, and site visitations yield answers to the…

This book applies the concepts of curriculum development and management, with curriculum defined as the collectivity of paper defining work, to a wide range of organizations, especially social service organizations, schools, and colleges. After an introductory chapter defining basic concepts, Chapters 1 through 7 cover: curriculum management as it…