Overcoming Challenges of Standards Alignment

Domain: Reading Standards for Literature

Cluster: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

Standard: RL.8.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

The content of this standard, or what students are required to learn is literature, including stories, dramas, and poems .

Context

The context of the standard typically modifies/clarifies the content or the cognitive rigor of the standard. The context of the standard may describe where , when , or how the learning should take place. The context of the standard will often relate to the overarching category or topic of the standard as articulated in the

 Domain or Cluster of the standard (for Common Core standards)

 Knowledge and Skills Statement (for Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS))  CCC DCI, SEP of the Performance Expectation (for Next Generation Science Standards).

For example:

Domain: Reading Standards for Literature

Cluster: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

Standard: RL.8.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

The context of this standard is described in the Domain and Cluster and articulated in the standard itself. The Domain states what type of standard this is: a reading standard. The Cluster articulates the topic of this standard (i.e.,

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