Total Instructional Alignment: From Standards to Student Success

2008 AEP Distinguished Achievement Award

This book is a teachers and administrators guide for implementing and sustaining an educational system that ensures students are taught and learn what is required by benchmarks, assessments, and state standards, and to the learning needs of each individual student. This is accomplished by providing a tight alignment between the intended, taught, and tested curricula.

Implement and sustain a curriculum and instructional system that meets state standards and results in higher levels of student learning. Teach students the assessed concepts so that they can successfully apply their knowledge. Improve student scoring on standardized achievement tests. Achieve a tight alignment between the intended, taught, and tested curricula. Examine the roles of policy, practices, and leadership in redesigning the educational system.

by Dr. Lawrence W. LezotteIntroductionChapter 1: What Is Total Instructional Alignment?Chapter 2: Aligning the SystemChapter 3: Aligning Standards, Curriculum, and AssessmentChapter 4: Aligning InstructionChapter 5: Aligning AssessmentChapter 6: Leadership and Change