NYS Standards Review 2010

Questions to address when reviewing various standards documents, from Arnold Serotsky

What are they based on?

Who wrote/developed them?

What was theprocess?

How are they organized?

How interdisciplinary are they (STEM)?

Howchallenging are they (cognitive levels)?

Do they support hands-on? Inquiry? Problem Based?

DO they inlude scinece skills? History? Career stuff?

Are they free from biases (ethnic, gender, racial, geographic)

What is there format? (outcome/objectiveformat)

Are they measurable? Do they include assessment specifics?

Do they include implementationspecifics?

Do they include Professional Development specifics?