Michigan Curriculum Framework
The Michigan Curriculum Framework is a state curriculum framework composed of three tiers. Tier I presents content standards and benchmarks, and sections specific to planning, teaching and learning, assessment, and professional development; it also includes a set of appendices containing several executive summaries and a glossary of framework terms. Tier II contains a collection of toolkits to help districts with discrepancy analyses, connecting with the learner, technology, curriculum integration, making school-to-work connections, planning subject-area instructional units, designing classroom assessments, and planning a district assessment system. Tier III contains specific content-area resources that help clarify the curriculum development process; it contains documents such as the Science Education Guidebook, Mathematics Teaching and Learning Sample Activities, Guidelines for the Professional Development of Teachers of English Language Arts, and Powerful and Authentic Social Studies Standards for Teaching, as well as a guidebook written specifically for parents and the business community explaining the elements of the framework.
For additional information, refer to the online Michigan Curriculum Framework from the Michigan Department of Education.
