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CES School Benchmarks
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In March 1998, the CES National Congress authorized the development of a set
of CES school benchmarks that will address the long-standing challenge of helping
schools translate the Coalition's guiding tenets, the Common Principles, into
practice. Intended as a tool for schools and centers, the benchmarks reflect the
Coalition's principle-based approach to school reform and illustrate best practices
and lessons learned in the field and from CES research and professional development.
Benchmarks will be a clear strategy in helping answer questions such as: What
should all CES students know and be able to do? What does a Coalition school look
like? What role does a school's community play in implementing the Common Principles.
Since March 1998, CES colleagues from across the country have been instrumental
in developing a draft of a school benchmark that articulates what a powerful example
of a CES school looks like. This document has undergone a series of revisions
and is currently in the process of being pilot-tested at the school and center
level. The links below provide you with information about the draft benchmark
document and about ways it has been used in the field.
If you have utilized the benchmark at your site, please let CES National know!
Forward "lesson plans," worksheets/tools, and reflections to: Brett Bradshaw
(bbradshaw@essentialschools.org)
at CES National.
Links:
Development of School Benchmarks:
A Brief History of the Process
Benchmark Working Group
Members
Pilot Testing Strategies
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