Curriculum Alignment: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412960061 ISBN 13: 9781412960069

Publisher: Corwin, 2008

Synopsis

This resource offers school administrators and curriculum specialists practical guidance for aligning curriculum and instruction with state standards and assessments to improve teaching and learning.

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About the Author

David A. Squires is currently an associate professor working with doctoral students in the Educational Leadership Program at Southern Connecticut State University, specializing in curriculum, school reform, and organizational development. Previous positions include with the Comer School Development Program at Yale University; as a central office administrator for over a decade in Red Bank, New Jersey, where student achievement improved from below to above grade level; as a research specialist at Research for Better Schools in Philadelphia; as a graduate research assistant in the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh, where he received his doctorate in curriculum and super­vision with minors in language arts education and administration; and as a high school English teacher in suburban Pittsburgh and inner-city Cleveland. He heads a con­sulting firm, ABC Education Consultants, LLC, that assists school districts in writing and implementing the Balanced Curriculum.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412960061
• ISBN 13: 9781412960069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Squires David A.