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Curriculum Evaluation Rubric for
English Language Arts: Amherst Regional Middle School
Link to Curriculum Evaluation Elements:
Backward Design
Student Centered
Intellectual Rigor
Preparing Students for
21st Century
Unit
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ARMS ELA Curriculum Evaluation Rubric Grade
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Backward Design
Standards based
curriculum
- Explicitly links to
departmental standards.
- Clearly states what
students should know and be able to do at the end of the unit of study.
Enduring
understanding
- Focuses on a concept
that is important to humanity and can be explored across disciplines, eras
and cultures.
Essential questions
- Guide the unit of
study.
- Allow teacher and
students to investigate from a number of perspectives.
- Lead to other
questions that will engage students and deepen their inquiry.
Assessment
- Clearly evaluates
what students should know and be able to do.
- Informs all ensuing
instruction.
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Student Centered
Identity and
personal connection
- Sparks student
passion and curiosity
- Connects with issues
and interests of middle grade students and allows for choice
Capacity vs.
deficit lens
- Affirms student
capabilities
- Builds on prior
learning
Cognitive
development
- Recognizes stages of
cognitive growth in young adolescent learners
Cultural
affirmation
- Promotes the value
of students’ individual and cultural identities
- Develops respect for
the culture of others
Differentiated
instruction
- Includes flexible
and varied teaching strategies, materials, and assessment geared to a wide
variety of learners.
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Intellectual Rigor
Thinking and
learning
- Move students
forward along a continuum of cognitive skills including: comprehension,
application, analysis, and synthesis.
- Employ Mosaics of
Thought strategies to develop these cognitive skills.
Emphasis on creativity
- Fosters imagination.
- Encourages a unique
perspective, playfulness, invention, and intuition.
Integration
- Provides
possibilities for connection across disciplines.
Reflection
- Provides explicit
opportunities for students to consider what they have learned and how they
have learned it.
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Preparing Students for the
21st Century
Authentic
curriculum
- Focuses on skills
and knowledge that are critical for success in a moving, changing, global
society.
Curriculum for
lifelong learning
- Promotes habits of
mind such as listening with understanding and empathy, thinking flexibly
and interdependently, using evidence to support ideas, striving for
accuracy, and persisting.
- Builds clear and
effective communication skills in speaking and writing.
- Encourages critical
reading of all text, both in traditional print and electronic media.
- Fosters intellectual
curiosity
Curriculum to
create caring and ethical citizens
- Develops empathy and
understanding through multiple perspectives in literature.
- Creates a classroom
community where individuals are empowered to be successful through student
choice and cooperative learning,
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