The planned and actual curriculum are aligned with the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs).  Research-based teaching strategies and materials are used.  Staff understand the role of classroom and state assessments, what the assessments measure, and how student work is evaluated.

Resources Websites:

• http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs "School Improvement Research Series. Research You Can Use"
• http://www.mcrel.org/products/diversity/ "Including At-Risk Students in Standards-Based Reform. A Report from McREL's Diversity Roundtable I"
• http://www.wested.org/
• http://www.goodschools.gwu.edu  NCCSR Publications. Issue Briefs. April 2001  "Brief for Practitioners: Turning Around Low Performing Schools -- Implications at the School, District, and State Levels"
• http://www.middleweb.com  Resources.
• http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archives/completed/cors/issues_in_Restructuring_Schools/  Issue Report #8, Spring 1995 "Authentic Pedagogy: Standards that Boost Student Performance"  Issue Report #9, Fall 1995 "Another Look at High School Restructuring"
• http://www.nap.edu/openbook/0309069955/html/  National Academy Press "Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics" (2001)
• http://www.mcrel.org/  Products. Noteworthy Series. Noteworthy perspectives. "Teaching to the Core--Reading, Writing, and Mathematics" Helen Apthorp and others
• http://www.aera.net/  -- American Educational Research Association
• http://www.ascd.org/  – Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
• http://www.cec.sped.org/  – Council for Exceptional Children
• http://www.reading.org/  – International Reading Association
• http://www.naeyc.org/  – National Association of Education of Young Children
• http://www.ncss.org/  – National Council of Social Studies
• http://www.ncte.org/  – National Council of Teachers of English
• http://www.nctm.org/  – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• http://www.nsta.org/  – National Science Teachers Association
• http://www.tesol.org/  – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
• http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/re-engineering/keyissues/theories.shtml 

Publications:

• Berliner, D. C. and Casanova, U. (1993). Putting Research to Work in Your School. New York: Scholastic.  (1996 Renewal. Arlington, Heights, IL: IRI Skylight Training and Publishing, Inc.)
• Carr, J. F. and Harris, D. E. (2001). Succeeding with Standards: Linking Curriculum, Assessment, and Action Planning. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
• Cotton, K. (1995). Research You Can Use to Improve Results. Alexandria, VA: ASCD and Portland, OR:  NWREL.
• Daniels, H. and Bizar, M. (1998). Methods that Matter: Six Structures for Best Practice Classrooms. York, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.
• DePorter. B; Reardon, M.; and Singer-Nourie. S. (1999). Quantum Teaching. Orchestrating Student Success. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
• Drake, S. M. (1993). Planning Integrated Curriculum. The Call to Adventure. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
• Irvin, J. L. (Ed.) (1997). What Current Research Says to the Middle Level Practitioner. Columbus, OH:  National Middle School Association. See Section III, Curriculum.
• Jacobs, H. H. (1997). Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and Assessment K-12. Alexandria, VA:  ASCD.
• Lewin. L. and Shoemaker, B.J. (1998). Great Performances: Creating Classroom-Based Assessment Tasks.  Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
• Marzano. R. J. and Kendall, J. S. (1998). Implementing Standards-Based Education. Washington D. C.:  National Education Association.
• Marzano, R. J., Pickering, D. J., and Pollock, J. E. (2001). Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies For Increasing Student Achievement. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
• McNeil, J. (1995). Curriculum: The Teacher's Initiative. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Merrill.
• McTighe, J. and Ferrara, S. (1998). Assessing Learning in the Classroom. Washington D. C.: National Education Association.
• Newmann, F. M. and Associates. (1996). Authentic Achievement: Restructuring Schools for Intellectual Quality. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
• O'Neil J. and Willis, S. (Eds.) (1998). Revitalizing the Disciplines. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
• Perkins, D. (1992). Smart Schools: Better Thinking and Learning for Every Child. New York: Free Press.
• Popham, W. J. (1995). Classroom Assessment: What Teachers Need to Know. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
• Stiggins, R. J. (2001). Student-Involved Classroom Assessment. (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NY: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
• Stiggins, R. J. (1998). Classroom Assessment for Student Success. Washington D.C.: National Education Association.
• Stigler, J. W. and Hiebert, J. (1999). The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom. New York: The Free Press.
• Wiggins, G. and McTighe, J. (1998). Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA. ASCD.
• Wilson, S. M. and Peterson, P. L. (1997, September). Theories of Learning and Teaching: What Do They Mean for Educators? U. S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program.
• Zemelman, S., Daniels, H., and Hyde, A. (1998). Best Practice: New Standards for Teaching and Learning in America's Schools. (2nd ed.). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

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