January, 2002

Responding to Standards 

How Have Standards Impacted Students & Teachers?

• For Better or for Worse:  Teachers Talk about the Impact of Standards in the Classroom, by Susan Carlson

Are Our View of Best Practice Changing?

• The Magic?  It’s in the Work! by Elizabeth Keroack
• Following the Journey: National Board Certification, part 2

Can We Help All Children Succeed?

• Preserving Process Learning in the Era of High Stakes Testing, by Lynn Meltzer, Bethany Roditi, and Judith Stein
• Making the Standards-Based Reform Movement Work for Children of Color, by Charles V. Willie

“Standards-Based Reform:  What Does It Mean for the Middle Grades?” by Anne Wheelock

CLASP
The Curriculum Library Alignment and Sharing Project is a consortium of districts across Massachusetts that work together to develop and share curriculum aligned to the Frameworks.  Through relational database software and a statewide conference system, CLASP brings together the people, and the information people need and create, to most effectively help students to demonstrate achievement of learning standards.

TCI-LP
The Technology & Curriculum Integration Leadership Program is a year-long series of events designed to help Massachusetts educators play leadership roles in their district’s efforts to use instructional technology to meet the expectations of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.  Teams from districts across the state come together to both learn from each other and create statewide momentum for change that is larger than their individual efforts.