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In this module, you've learned about the connection between content
standards, benchmarks, curriculum, and lesson planning. You've also

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learned that content standards provide a clear outline of the
educational goals students should know and be able to do. They

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provide an inventory of the essential knowledge, skills, and
understandings needed to achieve competence in a content area.

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School districts are striving to increase student performance. At
the same time, school community leaders have worked to create

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standards-based reform in an effort to increase student performance.

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Matching school curricula around clearly defined standards provides
students more opportunities to study a challenging curriculum.  When

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teachers make decisions about curricular planning, they need to
review and consider the students' individual characteristics related

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to learning. In addition, you learned that when teachers have a
clear picture in their mind of what their intended learning outcomes

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are, they are better able to design appropriate and effective
instructional activities and assessments that will guide students to

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mastery of the intended learning outcomes. Finally, you learned that
the standards-based lesson plan provides an opportunity for the

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teacher to make academic learning relevant to students' lives and
experiences by intertwining content knowledge, process skills, and

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life habits.