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This 4 page paper discuses curriculum-based standards and uses Science Content standards for Grade 5 Science from California as an example. The writer comments on the impact of these standards and if the descriptions on the Web site are adequate. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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to be hidden somewhere as is anything resembling curriculum standards. Information from the California State Department of Education is easily accessible. The Science Content standards are listed by grade
level for K-8 and by subject, e.g., physics, for grades 9-12 (California State Board of Education, 2006). Grade 5 standards identify multiple standards for Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Earth Sciences
and Investigation and Experimentation (California State Board of Education, 2006). One framework objective in Life Science for 5th graders is: "Students know how blood circulates through the heart chambers, 2
exchanged in the lungs and tissues. lungs, and body and how carbon dioxide (CO) and oxygen (O 2) are exchanged in the lungs and tissues" (CDE, 2006). The framework document
than goes on to explain how the process works (CDE, 2006). Specific performance standards were not found at this site. California does not publish specific performance standards. They do use
a School Report Card each school must submit. This document includes the standardized test scores for each grade level in each subject that is assessed. The Department, however, provides a
hyperlink to Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ar/index.asp. The user can identify a school and pull up the most recent school report. Also, at this same site, the user can
link to the API reports for the state. The State Department of Education designs, develops and publishes (after approval from the State Board of Education) curriculum frameworks and standards of
instruction. The Department does not do this arbitrarily, there are laws and regulations from the federal level and the state level. The development of standards and frameworks always involves as
many as 100 or more professional practicing educators working together on each curriculum. A standards-based curriculum means that the standards are directly linked to the curriculum. There are different
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