Curriculum Design & Development Flashcards

A school adopts a structured literacy approach in K-2. Which feature should the curriculum include?

Answer: Explicit, systematic, sequential phonics instruction

Structured literacy teaches phonics explicitly and systematically in a planned sequence.

Which type of assessment compares a student's reading performance to a national sample of peers?

Answer: Norm-referenced assessment

Norm-referenced tests rank students relative to a representative norm group.

A teacher designs a unit with a culminating task where students write a review of a novel for a real audience. This is an example of:

Answer: Authentic performance assessment

Authentic assessments ask students to apply learning to meaningful, real-world tasks.

In Bloom's revised taxonomy, which verb reflects the HIGHEST level of cognitive demand for a reading objective?

Answer: Create

Create is the top level of Bloom's revised taxonomy, above evaluate and analyze.

Why are universal screening assessments built into a K-3 reading curriculum?

Answer: To identify students at risk for reading difficulties early

Universal screeners quickly identify students who may need additional reading support.

A curriculum revision cycle typically ends with which step before restarting?

Answer: Evaluating effectiveness using student outcome data

Evaluation of results informs the next round of curriculum revision in a continuous improvement cycle.

Which practice best supports vocabulary development within a reading curriculum?

Answer: Explicit instruction of Tier 2 words with repeated exposure

Beck's Tier 2 words are high-utility academic words that benefit most from explicit, repeated instruction.