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Jocelyn Pickford; Kate Poteet – State Education Standard, 2024
The policy landscape around curriculum selection and implementation is thorny: the federal government cannot mandate any state or local curricula, state policy varies widely, and local schools and districts often lack the capacity to support and sustain detailed reviews of materials and ongoing teacher training in quality curricula. Cultural and…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
Kaufman, Julia H.; Doan, Sy; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Woo, Ashley – RAND Corporation, 2020
If a "curriculum" -- a set of instructional materials intended as a comprehensive course of study for a particular subject and grade level -- is well-aligned with state standards, it can help teachers deliver instruction that leads to students' mastery of those standards. However, most research suggests that curricula, in themselves, are…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Alignment (Education), State Standards