Writing Across Disciplines: Writing to Demonstrate Learning Resources Now Available!
Writing Across Disciplines, an expansion of Composition in the Classroom, now includes Writing to Demonstrate Learning resources. The initial launch of the Writing Across Disciplines resource in October 2022 included the release of sample tasks and possible strategies for Writing to Learn. The final release will include guidance on Writing for Publication.
This second release continues to support implementation of the Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing beyond reading and writing classrooms and builds on the ideas presented in the first release to show how writing fits into content areas. Writing to Demonstrate Learning is defined in the introduction, and samples of Writing to Demonstrate Learning have been added for:
- Reading and writing;
- Mathematics;
- Social studies;
- Science; and
- Visual/performing arts.
The Writing to Demonstrate Learning resources can be found on the Writing Across Disciplines webpage.
Applications Being Accepted for Developing a High-Quality Local Science Curriculum Pilot
According to research, schools that demonstrate increased curricular coherence also show marked improvements in student outcomes (Newmann, Smith, Allensworth and Bryk, 2001). The first step in creating curricular coherence is to translate the standards into a local curriculum anchored in high-quality instructional resources (HQIRs).
While the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) establish what students must know and be able to do, the district is responsible for developing a curriculum that addresses how learning experiences are to be designed and selecting the HQIRs that will assist student learning.
The Kentucky Department of Education is seeking up to nine districts and 27 schools, representative of eight regional cooperatives, to implement the Curriculum Development Process as they develop their local science curriculum. This would account for the participation of 2-3 schools per district. This two-year pilot will begin in the fall of 2023 and end in the summer of 2025.
The pilot will focus on supporting local implementation of the four phases of the Curriculum Development Process outlined in the Kentucky Model Curriculum Framework.
The application process will be open through April 28 and consists of answering a few questions and uploading artifacts. Districts and schools will be notified of acceptance on or around May 15.
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