Code No.  602.3

 

CURRICULUM EVALUATION

 

Regular evaluation of the total curriculum is necessary to ensure that the written and delivered curriculum is having the desired effect for students.

 

Curriculum evaluation refers to an ongoing process of collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, and interpreting information to aid in understanding what students know and can do.  It refers to the full range of information gathered in the School District to evaluate (make judgments about) student learning and program effectiveness in each content area.

 

Curriculum evaluation must be based on information gathered from a comprehensive assessment system that is designed for accountability and committed to the concept that all students will achieve at high levels, is standards-based, and informs decisions which impact significant and sustainable improvements in teaching and student learning

 

The superintendent shall be responsible for curriculum evaluation and for determining the most effective way of ensuring that assessment activities are integrated into instructional practices as part of school improvement with a particular focus on improving teaching and learning.  A curriculum framework the procedures that will be followed to establish an evaluation process that can efficiently and effectively the total curriculum.  This framework will, at a minimum, describe the procedures for the following curriculum evaluation activities:

 

            • Identify specific purposes for assessing student learning;

            • Develop a comprehensive assessment plan;

            • Select/develop assessment tools and scoring procedures that are valid and reliable;

• Identify procedures for establishing at least three levels of performance (specific to the content and the assessment tool when appropriate) to assist in determining whether students have achieved at a satisfactory level (at least two levels describe performance that is proficient or advanced and at least one level describes students who are not yet performing at the proficient level);

• Identify procedures for using assessment information to determine long-range and annual improvement goals;

            • Identify procedures for using assessment information in making decisions focused on improving teaching and learning (data based decision making);

            • Verify that assessment tools are fair for all students and are consistent with all state and federal mandates.

 

It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent to keep the board apprised of curriculum evaluation activities, the progress of each content area related to curriculum evaluation activities, and to develop administrative regulations for curriculum evaluation including recommendations to the board.

 

Approved          7/17/00             Reviewed          01/10/05; 12/09/09; 12/10/14; 1/16/2020                       Revised 

                                                                  

 

 

MORNING SUN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Code No.  602.3

 

 

CURRICULUM EVALUATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legal Reference:           20 U.S.C. § 1232h (1994).

                                    34 C.F.R. Pt. 98 (1996).

                                    Iowa Code §§ 216.9, 256.7, 279.8; 280.3-.14 (1999).

                                    281 I.A.C. 12.8(1)(c)(1).

 

 

Cross Reference:        101  Mission and Educational Philosophy of the School District

                                    103  Long-Range Needs Assessment

                                    505  Student Scholastic Achievement

                                    602  Curriculum Development

                                    603  Instructional Curriculum

 

 

 

 

MORNING SUN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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