(2) Identify the standards that must be taught in each curriculum unit. Most district curricula are recursive, meaning that the same standards are repeated across several curriculum units. Before beginning to look for citations in your materials, it is helpful to know which standards must be taught in each curriculum unit. It is equally important to chart out the number of times each standard is repeated across all of the units in the district curriculum. That way you will know how many different citations you will need to address each standard across all of the curriculum units. (3) Become familiar with the materials available to you . As explained further in our white paper, Navigating the Road to Successful Student Outcomes with Standards-Aligned Instruction , using materials for their intended purpose is
critical to students’ success. Before jumping into the mapping process, familiarize yourself with the core and supplemental resources available to you for the course. As you go through each material, note the topics covered, the progression of units/chapters, the pattern and structure of lessons, as well as the types and location of the
Practice Tip
Inventory your instructional materials and determine which ones should and should not be mapped to the district curriculum . Are some outdated? Are some weakly aligned? Which material(s) should be listed as the primary resource in each unit?
material’s component parts (e.g., tutorials, assessments, teacher resources, etc.). Given the complexity of digital resources, this may take more time than you anticipate. Determine whether the publisher’s correlation is a document or a search - by-standard function in the material. For each standard, does the correlation identify citations at the unit, chapter, or lesson levels? The broader the citation (i.e., unit rather than lesson), the more time it will take for reviewers to identify precisely where the relevant standard is addressed. Look at the number of citations (lessons, activities, quizzes) listed for each standard in the correlation. Understanding the materials’ structure and the
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