Article Review – I Switched to Standards-Based Grading: Why I’m Loving It

Announcements, Assessment Strategies, Blog, Educator Insights, Standards, Teaching Strategies | October 14, 2022

Last spring my husband got this article in his in-box: I Switched to Standards-Based Grading: Why I’m Loving It. As he read it, he got really excited about the concept. His words: “Man, I wish I could do this in my classroom.” Making this switch requires quite a shift...

How can digital citizenship instruction advance the mission of faith-based schools? with Lauralyn Vasquez

Blog, Podcast, Social-Emotional, Standards, Technology Integration, The Teacher's Lounge | June 22, 2022

Editor’s Note: Beyond Technology Education provides high-quality technology resources and support for schools. Their mapped curriculum resources can be pulled into a Curriculum Trak account. Explore their summer training program here. “God wants us to be in community....

Standards-Based Curriculum

Blog, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Mapping, Resources, Standards, Stewardship | June 9, 2022

The standards movement crept into education after the publication of A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform in 1983. Slowly, state by state education departments adopted standards and state-wide assessments. The purpose was to get all students in the...

Identifying Curriculum “Deliverables”

Blog, Curriculum Mapping, Remote Teaching, Standards | May 12, 2022

“We’re going remote.” Oh, those dreaded words that so many of us heard during the past two years! But every cloud has a silver lining (so they say), and ours was that it forced us to take a closer look at what it was we were actually teaching our students. When the...

Conducting a Standards/Benchmarks Review

CT 2.0, Enhancements, Standards, Tips & Tricks | June 27, 2019

One of the strengths of Curriculum Trak is the option for any school to select any set of state or national standards in any instructional area as a framework for their instruction. The process for determining which standards best serve your school is another...

New Report: Current Standards Listing

Enhancements, Standards, Tips & Tricks | June 14, 2019

We just released another standards report aimed at helping curriculum directors at your school more easily review your current standards. The “Current Standards Listing” report, located in the green “Benchmarks” icon will pull in a list of...