A CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT AUDIT

STANDARD 3: A School System Demonstrates Internal Connectivity and Rational Equity in Its Program Development and Implementation. A school system meeting this Curriculum Management Audit standard is able to show how its program has been created as the result of a systematic identification of deficiencies in the achievement and growth of its students compared to measurable standards of pupil learning. In addition, a school system meeting this standard is able to demonstrate that it possesses a focused and coherent approach toward defining curriculum and that, as a whole, it is more effective than the sum of its parts, i.e., any arbitrary combinations of programs or schools do not equate to the larger school system entity. The purpose of having a school system is to obtain the educational and economic benefits of a coordinated and focused program for students, both to enhance learning which is complex and multi-year in its dimensions, and to employ economies of scale where applicable. What the Auditors Expected to Find in the Charlottesville City Schools The PDK-CMSi auditors expected to find a highly-developed, articulated, and coordinated curriculum in the school system that was effectively monitored by the administrative and supervisory staffs at the central and site levels. Common indicators are: • Documents/sources that reveal internal connections at different levels in the system; • Predictable consistency through a coherent rationale for content ...