1. 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

2. Alignment of FOSS Curriculum to FOSS Assessments
 Tests 
Grades Grades Grades 5-6
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Grades 1-2
Grades 3-4
Grades 5-6

3. 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
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0.141
0.163
0.229
0.174
0.250
0.170
0.195
0.251
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0.227
0.263
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0.245
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0.225
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State D
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
State R
State O
Grade 4 Test

19. 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.