Step 2: Identify Primary Map Components
Identify Standards and Assessments
Curriculum mapping should include standards and assessments—the other building blocks for teaching and learning activities. Here are some things to consider as you prepare your maps:
- Explicitly identify and map specific standards to ensure that district, state, and/or Common Core standards are being met throughout the curriculum and for the full time period the maps cover.
- Re-examine the standards for each unit, ensure their accuracy, and identify any standards that might be missing. Redefining skills and activities in a curriculum map can impact the relevance of the standards listed.
- Include assessments in the maps to help everyone see whether they truly measure the skills or content being taught.
- Encourage the team to consider alternative ways to measure student performance and proficiency, including formative assessments, student self-assessments, projects, or presentations.
