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Maine Course Pathways Project
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) has partnered with the Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) to develop a system to determine that high school students are given fair opportunity to learn all of the standards of Maine’s Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction (MLR: PEI). The goal is to help schools validate curriculum and academic programs, and maintain local control over the content of courses.
https://www.epiconline.org/maine/?q=maine
Assessment
Maine's Comprehensive Assessment System (MeCAS)
http://www.maine.gov/education/lsalt/index.htm
Standards-Based Education in Maine
As required by Maine statute, students in Maine will graduate based on demonstrated achievement of Learning Results. The RISC approach to standards-based design articulates connections between the work occurring in Maine since the adoption of the Learning Results and the next steps as Maine transitions to a standards-based system. With a learner-centered focus at its core, the components of shared vision, leadership, standards-based education, and continuous improvement radiate out from the core and inform all decisions made in the system.
http://www.maine.gov/education/sbs/index.html
Middle Level Education in Maine
The Commission on Middle Level Education, under the leadership of Mary Callan and Ed Brazee, created the report Bright Futures! on the current state of middle level education to make recommendations to the Maine Department of Education about improvements for educating Maine’s 10 to 15 year olds. The report is posted below in its entirety and by individual sections. The Commission hopes that middle level educators, parents, and policy makers will gain a clearer understanding of what is needed for high quality, equitable, and effective middle level programs.
http://www.maine.gov/education/ml/index.html
NSDL Science Literacy Maps
An excellent tool for teachers and students to find resources that relate to specific science and math concepts. The maps illustrate connections between concepts as well as how concepts build upon one another across grade levels.
http://strandmaps.nsdl.org/
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