Using Content Maps for Curriculum Materials & Curriculum Management John L. Smithson University of Wisconsin - Madison Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association April 2004, San Diego, CA

Alignment of FOSS Curriculum to FOSS Assessments  Tests  Grades 1-2 Grades 3-4 Grades 5-6 .314 .139 .145 .188 .463 .246 .196 .270 .482 Grades 1-2 Grades 3-4 Grades 5-6

Alignment of FOSS Curriculum to State Standards Science Standards FOSS Inv. All Grades FOSS Grades 1-2 FOSS Grades 3-4 FOSS Grades 5-6 FOSS All Tests 0.228 0.141 0.163 0.229 0.174 0.250 0.170 0.195 0.251 0.238 0.227 0.263 0.267 0.272 0.245 0.164 0.199 0.212 0.225 0.159 0.110 0.133 0.172 0.171 State D Grades 3-5 Grades 6-8 State R State O Grade 4 Test

Over time, interest in the use of these tools has grown and moved: From Researchers (large scale measures of classroom practice) To State Assessment Directors (how do assessments relate to OTL & standards) To State Curriculum Directors (how does instruction relate to standards) To District and School Administrators (how do we bring instruction into greater alignment with standards) And we are now beginning to see potentially powerful uses of these descriptive tools by Curriculum Resource Staff and Teachers themselves.