Curriculum mapping initiative: an evaluation study

2018-03-05With the rise of Common Core State Standards, the role of curriculum mapping is increasingly essential for schools to ensure alignment within the curriculum being taught and what is being assessed. The gap analysis framework was used to analyze the knowledge, motivation and organizational causes preventing a comprehensive high school from establishing curriculum maps to monitor classroom curriculum for alignment to the standards. A mixed methods analysis was utilized to form an analysis to illuminate systemic gaps in implementation of course mapping. Clark and Estes (2008) evaluation strategies through the Knowledge, Motivation, Organization influences served as the lens for this study