Deep Curriculum Alignment Creating a Level Playing Field for All Children on High-Stakes Tests of Accountability

Why do testing and accountability efforts in today's schools fail? In Deep Curriculum Alignment, English and Steffy explore the flaws in state mandated testing, advocating a more comprehensive approach to teaching and testing. This highly practical book will guide you into a deeply aligned curriculum that produces academic results and a level playing field. Each chapter covers principles of testing and curriculum building, and concludes with a summary of the key concepts presented. The authors survey various studies, present the ethical dilemmas involved in testing, and present a step-by-step guide to pedagogical parallelism and alignment.

Fenwick W. English is a professor of education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the College of Education at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa