The College and Career Ready Standards of the CCSS articulate a range of expectations regarding what students should be able to do with regards to academic vocabulary: (1) Interpret technical, connotative, and figurative meanings of words and phrases; (2) Analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone; (3) Determine or clarify the meaning…

The Teacher Education Accreditation Council's (TEAC's) "Guide to Accreditation" is primarily for the faculty, staff, and administrators of TEAC member programs. It is designed for use in preparing for both initial and continuing accreditation. Program personnel should understand and accept all the components of the TEAC accreditation process…

Now that most states have adopted the new Common Core State Standards, the next major challenge is to simplify and implement them by 2014. That is why it is important to begin this work now. Joe Crawford, Milken Award-winning educator and author of "Using Power Standards to Build an Aligned Curriculum", shares his proven process for…

The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) "Guide to Accreditation" includes a full description of TEAC's principles and standards, the accreditation process and audit, and detailed instruction on writing the "Brief." This revision includes expanded information on (1) preparing an "Inquiry Brief Proposal" and the audit of the "Inquiry…

The modern school media center is a learning laboratory whose function is to enrich, to vitalize, and humanize the educational program. Relating the library program to today's educational goals, this book details the design of the media center and the role of the library media specialist in curriculum development and support. Chapters are devoted…

GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM OF THE VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL ARE PROVIDED. PHILOSOPHY, OBJECTIVES, AND CHECK LISTS CONSISTING OF PROVISIONS, CONDITIONS, OR CHARACTERISTICS FOUND IN GOOD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOLS ARE PRESENTED FOR EVALUATING THE FOLLOWING AREAS--ADMINISTRATION, PROFESSIONAL STAFF, TRADE…

The first in a series of articles raises some questions and offers suggestions about a few of the basic concepts of media center planning. (Author/MLF)

These guidelines were developed to serve two curriculum development needs: a guide for schools, communities, departments, and school districts interested in updating their programs; and, a baseline from which to move in creative directions beyond what most regard as modern and innovative (Author/VW)

This report discusses and presents guidelines for the evaluation of specific educational offerings--i.e., courses, workshops, and seminars--in the field of scientific documentation and information retrieval. The topics covered in particular sections of the report are levels of evaluation, the nature and role of evaluation in education, approaches…

This document presents a summary of the goals and activities suggested for external evaluation teams for Kansas high schools. The total evaluation process has three parts. First the school engages in a long and comprehensive self-study, which produces data reflecting the faculty's own perception of the school. This is followed by an intensive two-…

During the past few years, several Dutch curriculum and assessment specialists have been developing proposals for national attainment targets for various education sectors (primary education, lower secondary education, secondary vocational education, and teacher training colleges). This article analyzes this development activity according to…

This handbook provides step-by-step procedures through which a task force can examine a school's reading program and can define goals and objectives for the future. Charts are provided to aid in the following processes: gathering data about the population served; assessing the current reading program and assigning priorities for improvement;…

Considers how the fields of world studies or global education may provide insight and contribute to enhance student understanding in geography courses. Provides a series of checklists which a geography department may use to evaluate the global dimensions in their programs, goals and objectives, resources, and teaching strategies. (LS)

This guide will help teachers and program specialists design a comprehensive K-12 social studies program using goal-based concepts and generalizations. Although written for use in Oregon, the document can be used by educators in other states. The major section of the guide, "Pattern for Units and Courses," outlines concepts, generalizations,…