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Built on the
Aligned·By·Design Model, the
Aligned·By·Design
System
is a complete and unified web-based system that
defines a new class of real-time operation and
information technology created specifically for
education’s complex processes and management structure.
It is unique among the
process, management and information technology systems
currently available to educators in two crucial ways:
1.
The scope of its functional coverage
2.
Its comprehensive end-to-end process model
Functional Coverage Scope
The
Aligned·By·Design
System
is a comprehensive, end-to-end process support system
for our education systems, including national and state
organizations, state agencies, local school districts,
schools, teachers, students and parents.
This scope is substantial and broader than any
existing system.
 The
scope for the
Aligned·By·Design
Model
was defined by educators and other experts who focused
on the classroom process and the central objective of
transferring knowledge and skills to students. Following
the proven quality model structure, they reviewed and
evaluated the principal questions about the classroom
process to determine the Model’s
scope.
The team traced the inputs, management and measurement of each objective and
standards-based education system and process at the federal, state, district and
local levels. They examined the issues with today’s poorly-defined content
standards and their impact on the classroom process, and they examined the
process supports and quality measures. The research and analysis found critical
systemic problems, including the systemic absence of concise content definition
in the standards which undermined the entire classroom process. While others
have cited the non-specific standards as an issue, none have correlated it as
the root to the downstream problems leading to achievement gaps.
No other education support system provides a comprehensive solution to education’s systemic
problems; and no other system enables the optimal high-performance,
student-centric classroom model. Instead, they work with the existing conditions
and try to provide ‘value’ through targeted automation tools. The Aligned·By·Design Model is unique because its creators scientifically mapped the
full scope and interrelationship of the systemic problems limiting
standards-based education achievement. It is a significant advance for the
education community because the system provides a scope of functionality that
satisfies all the classroom and system processes required to drive sustainable
high achievement results for all students.
Process Model Features
The
Aligned·By·Design Model solves the comprehensive and system alignment issues
by utilizing education’s natural common denominator, content knowledge and
skills, to precisely align standards with curriculum and assessments. This novel
concept of specifically linking everything in the learning process back to
content knowledge and skills and using their transfer to students as the quality
measure is a pioneering innovation that transcends the limitations of historical
reform policy issues and structures.
Using knowledge and skills as the common denominator,
content standards can be defined in high-definition to
eliminate the need for interpretation or extrapolation
or specialized teacher knowledge to develop classroom
curriculum that will drive high achievements.
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To
learn more about how the
Aligned·By·Design
Initiative
enables improved schools and student achievement, please
contact us.
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