Adjusting Curriculum for Acceleration Guidance Now Available on KYstandards.org
Now that the Kentucky Department of Education COVID-19 Guidance 2.0 has been rescinded, the Office of Teaching and Learning is publishing the Adjusting Curriculum for Acceleration document on KYstandards.org to support schools and districts as they prepare to return this fall.
Before planning for new learning, school and district leaders must take steps to identify potential unfinished learning and adjust the curriculum to ensure accelerated student learning. The Adjusting Curriculum for Acceleration document provides a step-by-step guide for grade-level or course content teams to:
- Analyze their existing curriculum to make adjustments to address potential learning gaps for incoming students due to an extended period of hybrid and/or remote learning;
- Identify areas for potential learning gaps to share in vertical conversations; and
- Draft an adjusted curriculum.
New Kentucky Academic Standards for Library Media
704 KAR 8:100 adopts into law the Kentucky Academic Standards for Library Media, which is now available at KYstandards.org.
In the summer of 2019, about 30 school library leaders from across Kentucky began work on the first Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Library Media. The standards-writing team unanimously decided to use the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards Framework for Learners as the foundation of the KAS for Library Media.
The standards-writing team expanded on the AASL standards with learning indicators at each of four grade levels, K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. After a nearly 2-year process -- which included the drafting and revising of the standards, opportunities for public comment and legislative review -- the standards were fully adopted by the Kentucky Board of Education on May 4, 2021.
Although the standards do not have a connected graduation requirement, they are, by law, the standards that must be used if a school has a library media program or elective (which includes all K-12 public schools in Kentucky). The Kentucky Academic Standards for Library Media will be included in the same 6-year cycle of review and revision as all other content area standards.
School library leaders across the state are excited to use these new standards with students to help them become inquiry-minded and fluent users of information.
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