Title: Surveys of the Enacted Curriculum
1Surveys of the Enacted Curriculum How to
Interpret and Use Subject Content Maps English
Language Arts Reading, Mathematics, Science
Arie van der Ploeg NCREL Senior
Researcher arie_at_ncrel.org Learning Point
Associates 800-356-2735
ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA OHIO WISCONSIN
2Surveys of Enacted Curriculum
The intended curriculum State content
standardsWhat students should learn
The assessed curriculum State (and other)
assessmentstested learning
The learned curriculum Student outcomes based
on school learning
The enacted curriculum What teachers teach
3The SEC Content TopicsMathematics, Science,
English Language Arts
The SEC provides a neutral, research-based
language to describe content of English language
arts, mathematics, and science. NCLB anyone?
4How Can the SEC Be Used?
The SEC provide valid, reliable data to
- Align instructional practice to curriculum,
standards, or assessments - Improve instruction
- Interpret student assessment results
- Assess needs and evaluate programs
- Monitor instructional change and progress
- Deepen teachers disciplinary knowledge
5The Enacted Curriculum
The SEC depict in detail the content that
teachers teachand the level of cognitive demand
to which the content is taught. This example uses
eighth grade mathematics.
6Comparing the Enacted and the Intended Curriculum
EnactedWhat teachers teach
IntendedWhat standards require
7Viewing Enacted, Intended, and Assessed Curriculum
EnactedWhat teachers teach
IntendedWhat standards require
AssessedWhat state tests
8Enacted, Intended, Assessed, and Learned
Curriculum
IntendedWhat standards require
EnactedWhat teachers teach
AssessedWhat state tests
9SEC and Reading First
- Reading First is driving scientifically-based
research methodologies into evaluation and
program (re)design - Implementation Compliance, Fidelity
- Effectiveness Tracking, Comparison
- Content and model specification
- Content Phonemic awareness, Phonics, Fluency,
Vocabulary, Comprehension - Program models Choices rationale
- Consistent measurement
- Diagnostic
- Achievement
- Role and value of SEC
- Program fidelity
- Behavioral change
- Unpacking theory
- Demonstrate the link of practice to outcomes
- Make the implicit visible
- Give voice to the local interrogation of practice
10SEC ELAR Framework Reading First Components
11SEC ELAR Content Map
A large grain map, providing an overview of all
the K-12 SEC reading topics and showing how the
Reading First five essential components are
embedded. Finer grain maps provide greater
detail that permit closer and more informative
comparisons.