Total Instructional Alignment: From Standards to Student Success

Finalist: 2008 AEP Distinguished Achievement Award

This book is a teachers and administrators guide for implementing and sustaining an educational system that ensures students are taught and learn what is required by benchmarks, assessments, and state standards, and to the learning needs of each individual student. This is accomplished by providing a tight alignment between the intended, taught, and tested curricula.

Benefits:

• Implement and sustain a curriculum and instructional system that meets state standards and results in higher levels of student learning.
• Teach students the assessed concepts so that they can successfully apply their knowledge.
• Improve student scoring on standardized achievement tests.
• Achieve a tight alignment between the intended, taught, and tested curricula.
• Examine the roles of policy, practices, and leadership in redesigning the educational system.

Contents:
Foreword: by Dr. Lawrence W. Lezotte
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Is Total Instructional Alignment?
Chapter 2: Aligning the System
Chapter 3: Aligning Standards, Curriculum, and Assessment
Chapter 4: Aligning Instruction
Chapter 5: Aligning Assessment
Chapter 6: Leadership and Change

Lisa Carter, Ed.S., received her baccalaureate in early childhood education and masters degrees in early childhood education and school administration, all from East Carolina University. Lisa began her career as an elementary school teacher in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She has served as an administrator at both the elementary and secondary levels, and has worked in rural and urban schools. In recent years, Lisa also helped to establish and served as executive director for the Mayerson Academy for Human Resource Development in Cincinnati, Ohio, recognized for its outstanding work in the professional development of teachers and administrators. She is a noted presenter, keynote speaker, author, and consultant.