Week+6


 * Week 6**


 * Essential Questions**
 * What are the NJ CCCS?
 * What are Standardized Exams?
 * How does one interpret the meaning of the standardized test scores? (as provided by the state?)

A brief history of the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards
 * What are the NJ CCCS?**

1875
 * History of NJ Public Education ([|html] | [|pdf])

1983
 * [|A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform] (1983) by The [|National Commission on Excellence in Education]

1996
 * Initial [|NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards]

2002 - 2004
 * Revised [|NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards]

2008
 * [|Standards Clarification Project - Phase I]
 * [|Partnership for 21st Century Skills] | [|NJ Press Release]
 * A Nation Still at Risk

media type="youtube" key="Z0EHD7t9QbA" height="344" width="425" 2009
 * [|2009 Standards Revision Project]
 * 2009 Standards Revision Project: [|Curriculum and Instruction]
 * 2009 Standards Revision Project: [|Regional Presentation] (PDF)
 * [|2009 Standards Evaluation Tool]

Look through your standards by grade level and evaluate. Fill out the 2009 Standards Evaluation Tool to help guide your search.
 * NJ CCCS Activity**

TBD
 * Current Events Article Review**

> [|Assessment Data Screencast - Part 1] > [|Assessment Data Screencast - Part 2] > [|Executive Summary and Performance by Demographic Groups]
 * Assignments**
 * Current Events Article
 * Prepare your Assessment Results spreadsheet and what to bring with you next week:
 * Watch the screencasts listed above and look through the data. Come up with five guiding questions that you would use to compare or report on the data.