Key Course
Objectives
Course Overview
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100% of the year’s objectives are
accounted for in the curriculum plan
Curriculum plan is an extremely detailed
roadmap of the year, with multiple
anchor activities outlined for each week.
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Activities are highly engaging, rigorous,
and aligned to all assessments.
Essential Questions 
/ Key Topics
100% of objectives are mastery
objectives: student-centered, attainable,
a balance of lower-order and higherorder thinking
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Assessments
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100%objectives for a given strand or
topic are listed
Objectives are listed in a logical,
sequential order where the linear
progression of skills or concepts is
evident
Curriculum plan directly links
assessment questions to objectives
100% of the in-class assessments/work
products meet or exceed the level of
rigor on the NSA/State/National
Assessments
Curriculum plan includes high-quality,
rigorous essential questions for every
unit.
Curriculum plan identifies key
vocabulary for each unit of study
90% of the year’s objectives are
accounted for in the curriculum plan
Curriculum plan is detailed roadmap of
the year, with 1 anchor activity outlined
for each week
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Activities are mostly engaging, rigorous,
and aligned to all assessments
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70% of the year’s objectives are
accounted for in the curriculum plan
Curriculum plan is a roadmap of the
year, but lacks detail or does not outline
activities for week
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Activities are inconsistently engaging,
rigorous, and aligned to all assessments
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Activities are inconsistently engaging,
rigorous, and aligned to all assessments
90% of objectives are mastery
objectives: student-centered, attainable,
and some higher-order thinking
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70% of objectives are mastery
objectives; not much higher-order
thinking
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Less than 70% of objectives are mastery
objectives
Nearly all objectives are listed (90%) for
a strand or topic are listed
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Less than 90% of objectives are listed
for a strand or topic
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Less than 70% of objectives are listed
for a strand or topic
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No attempt is made to order objectives
in a logical, sequential order
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Less than 70% of the year’s objectives
are accounted for in the curriculum plan
Curriculum plan is a roadmap of the
year, but lacks detail or does not outline
activities for week
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Objectives are listed in a logical,
sequential order where the linear
progression of skills or concepts is
evident with few objectives out of order
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An attempt is made to order objectives
in a logical, sequential order, with
significant errors and gaps due to
missing objectives
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Curriculum plan links most assessment
questions to objectives
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Curriculum plan lists all assessment
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questions, but not all of them are directly
linked to objectives
90% of the assessment activities meet
or exceed the level of rigor on the
NSA/State/National Assessments
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Curriculum plan includes high-quality,
rigorous essential questions for every
unit.
70% of the assessment activities meet
the level of rigor on the
NSA/State/National Assessments
Curriculum plan includes essential
questions for each unit of study
Curriculum plan identifies vocabulary for
each unit of study, but list is incomplete
or not rigorous
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Curriculum plan fails to identify key
vocabulary
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Curriculum plan includes a very limited
list of primary and secondary source
materials that will be used
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Curriculum plan identifies key
vocabulary for each unit of study
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Curriculum plan does not list all
assessment questions OR does not link
assessment questions and objectives
Few assessment activities meet the
rigor on the NSA/State/ National
Assessments
Curriculum plan does not identify all
essential questions
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Curriculum plan includes all primary and
secondary source materials that will be
used
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Curriculum plan includes most primary
and secondary source materials that will
be used
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Curriculum plan includes some primary
and secondary source materials that will
be used
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Curriculum plan includes a detailed
description of all writing, projects,
research or oral presentation
assignments completely aligned to
objectives
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Curriculum plan includes all writing,
projects, research or oral presentation
assignments mostly aligned to
objectives
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Curriculum plan includes some writing,
projects, research or oral presentation
assignments but they are not all aligned
to objectives and/or are activity-drive
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Curriculum plan includes a very limited
list of writing, projects, research or oral
presentation assignments