These are comparison tools which may be used when comparing
existing local curriculum content with the Illinois Learning
Standards. Generally, local goals could be compared to state
goals, local outcomes could be compared to learning standards
and local objectives could be compared to benchmarks. The
following questions should help schools analyze the content
alignment of their local outcomes in relation to the Illinois
Learning Standards. Where are the standards and benchmarks more
detailed, rigorous or comprehensive than the corresponding local
outcomes? Where are the standards and benchmarks more general,
less rigorous or less comprehensive than the corresponding local
outcomes? Where do the standards and benchmarks refer to
learning expectations NOT addressed by local outcomes? (In other
words, where do "gaps" appear in the local outcomes?) Where do
local outcomes refer to learning expectations NOT addressed by
the Illinois Learning Standards? In places where these types of
gaps are noted, is the local ou