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Navigating Curriculum, Standards, and Testing: A Comprehensive Overview

Explore the evolution of education from the 17th century to today, including visible vs. invisible curriculum, key influential factors, the impact of technology, and challenges of standardized testing. Learn about the standards movement, NCLB, and alternative assessments.

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Navigating Curriculum, Standards, and Testing: A Comprehensive Overview

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  1. Curriculum, Standards, and Testing Chapter 10

  2. The things I know for sure, I know through • My reasoning • My senses • I don’t know anything for sure

  3. The Visible Curriculum • 17th century: The Two Rs….reading and religion • 18th century: Building a New Nation • 19th century: A Secularized curriculum • Progressive education in first half of 20th century • Sputnik: 1950s and 1960s • Social Concern and Relevance: late 60s and 70s • Back to Basics, Standards, and Testing: 80s to Today

  4. The most important things I learned in school, I learned • In sports or band or theater • Through hanging out with my friends • In elementary school from the teacher • From one or two teachers in high school

  5. The Invisible Curriculum • Implicit/Hidden Curriculum…not always intended, but learned by students • Null Curriculum…all the material not learned in schools • Extracurriculum…activities such as sports, clubs, governance “The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.” higher self-esteem, improved race relations, higher test scores, better health, higher career aspirations

  6. Who and What Shape the Curriculum • Teachers • Parental and Community Groups • Students • Administrators • State and Local Governments • Colleges and Universities • Standardized Tests • Education Commissions and Committees

  7. Who and What Shape the Curriculum? • Professional Organizations • Special Interest Groups • Publishers • Federal Government

  8. The most important people shaping the curriculum are • The Teachers • The Administration • Parents • The State • The Federal Government

  9. The Technology Revolution • Simulations • Virtual Field Trips • Distance learning • Live teleconferencing with students world-wide • World Wise Schools as a Peace Corps project, following the workers

  10. The Reign of the Textbook • Textbook Adoption States • Texas and California effect (and Florida and North Carolina) • Dumbing down • Mentioning phenomenon

  11. The Standards Movement • Standards-based education: what students should learn, continual testing to see that it’s learned • Content standards: what students should know and be able to do in each subject at each grade level….the politics of who decides • NCLB: high-stakes testing culture…annual testing in reading and math (grades 3-8); academic improvement (adequate yearly progress); report cards of district and school progress; highly qualified teachers (academic major in the field and licensed) • Performance standards: assessing how well the students have learned the content standards • Video Segment 27: Explaining Standardized Tests • Video Segment 28: Teachers’ Opinions of High-Stakes Tests

  12. Standardized Test Problems • At-Risk Students placed at Greater Risk • Lower Graduation Rates • Higher Test Scores do not Mean More Learning…teaching being redefined as test preparation • Standardized Testing Shrinks the Curriculum • Tests Themselves Often Flawed • Teacher Stress • What’s Worth Knowing?

  13. Other Issues • Authentic Assessment as alternative to high-stakes testing • Video Segment 29: Alternative Assessment • Tension Points: Intelligent Design versus Evolution • Censorship of the Curriculum: self-censorship • Cultural Literacy…cultural imperialism?

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