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Standards Mapping
A process to collect information about
content, assessment and thinking
processes currently in place with a
school.
What concepts, skills, knowledge and
understandings you teach and how
thoroughly you teach it.
Why map the standards?
Mapping is a communication tool between
teachers, administrators, parents and
students.
Mapping is a planning tool for meeting state
content standards, developing and revising
curriculum, identifying supplies and materials
and redesigning assessment.
Mapping is a pedagogical tool to promote
best practices in instruction and assessment.
How does the process work?
Teachers work together to discover
the essence of the standards and
ensure a solid match between their
choice of content, the chosen skills,
knowledge and understandings and
the types of assessments that will let
them know that students are
progressing toward standards.
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Reflect on current teaching practices (Record the “true
curriculum)”
Examine standards and determine to what extent each
standards is being taught.
• Individual classroom perspective
• School-wide perspective
Record school-wide perspective on standards chart by grade
level
• Red - standards not addressed
• Yellow – standards addressed minimally and not to
understanding (introductory level)
• Green – Standards thoroughly addressed to
understanding (directly taught and assessed)
Language Arts
How it might look….
Strand: Reading & Listening for
Comprehension
Strand: Speaking & Writing with
Expression
Grade
Level
Content Standard 1: Students will apply
strategies and skills to comprehend information
that is read, heard, and viewed.
Content Standard II. Students will
communicate effectively through speaking
and writing.
6
B
A
1 2 3 4 1 2
3
5 6 7
7
8
C
1
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
2
5
1
3
2
1
D
C
B
A
2
1
2
3
3
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
1
2
3
4
C
1
2
3
6
1
2
7
8
9 10 11 12
3
4
4
5
C
B
A
1
5
4
3
2
1
6 7 8 9
B
A
1
C
B
A
D
C
B
A
2
1
3
D
1 2 3
4 5
3
1
2
3
5
6
7
4
1
3
2
Analyze completed standards charts
horizontally and vertically in order to:
Avoid redundancy (recognize the
difference between repetition and
redundancy)
Identify gaps
Identify areas for potential integration
Edit for coherence
We’ve mapped our standards
implementation; what’s next?
 Areas for ongoing consideration
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What does our data tell us?
How will we know they know?
What’s the best way to teach it?
How do we give kids a spiraling experience?
Can we integrate content standards?
How do we develop new standards-based
curriculum:
What staff development will we need?
Some Important Definitions
 Vertical Alignment – defining essential
progression of benchmarks from one
level to another based on performance
standards.
 Curriculum Mapping – establishing a
timeline for focusing on specific
benchmarks at each level.
More Definitions
 Unpacking – clarifying standards, benchmarks
and performance standards by discussing as a
team and deciding on user-friendly language.
 Essential Learnings (Power Standards) – The
most effective use of time in teaching what is
enduring, has leverage and provides readiness
for the next level of learning.
 Pacing Guide – a calendar to make sure all
Essential Learnings are taught by the time
students are assessed/and before students
enter the next grade level.