DiamondTM
Curriculum audit
- enacted curriculum
- enacted instruction
RubyTM
Curriculum analysis
- alignment to standards
- levels of cognitive rigor
- potential grade inflation
SapphireTM
Classroom observation
- classroom time usage
- teaching strategies
- custom issues
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Diamond: Data-driven Curriculum Audits
Regular monitoring of critical input processes is the hallmark of accountability. When the stakes are high or the status quo is unacceptable, school districts often seek the services of a curriculum management audit. Such a comprehensive service can:
The Diamond advantage
- Focuses on enacted (delivered) curriculum and instruction
- Offers fully customizable services
- Targets factors that directly affect student achievement
- Illustrates results with clear tables and colorful visuals
- Centers suggestions on tangible changes in staff behaviors
- Measures processes with precision and objectivity
- Comprehensive and thorough
- Relies on precise, quantitative measures
- reinforce valid beliefs about the educational value the district provides the community,
- dispel myths commonly held by the public,
- target future professional development for improving curricular and instructional processes,
- satisfy accreditation and governmental requirements.
Starting at the classroom level, Diamond curriculum audits generate a comprehensive picture of the curriculum and instruction management process. The resulting reports constitute the most precise curriculum audits available in the nation.
Depending on the needs of the client, a Diamond curriculum audit could entail:
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Review of past and present professional development efforts and results
- Surveys of teacher satisfaction with the adopted materials and knowledge of curricular issues
- Action plan development and monitoring of implementation
- Collection and analysis of completed student work
- Measurement of teachers' use of research-based teaching strategies
- Measurement of classroom time usage (time-on-task)
- Congruence among district pacing calendars, the enacted curriculum, and state tests
Do you need support for your own curriculum audit efforts?
Contact The Standards Company LLC and see how our services and tools can enhance the scope of your existing curriculum audit. Third-party vendors welcome.
Contact The Standards Company LLC and see how our services and tools can enhance the scope of your existing curriculum audit. Third-party vendors welcome.