Statutory and Regulatory Mandates for Elementary and Middle Schools Law/Regulation Requirement Possible Evidence Is the requirement met? Notes Ed. Law §3204(2)(ii) For schools that meet the Y N Description of curriculum criteria for Commissioner’s Representative samples of daily, Determination: weekly, monthly, yearly schedules Framework for teaching and The curriculum provides learning in the core academic areas academically rigorous of English language arts, math, instruction that develops critical science, and social studies thinking skills in the school's Sample lesson plans students, taking into account the List of textbooks or other entirety of the curriculum over instructional resources the course of elementary and Textbook/resource use middle school; demonstrated in curriculum and lesson plans Instruction in English will Other: prepare students to read fiction and nonfiction text for information and to use that information to construct written essays that state a point of view or support an argument; Instruction in mathematics will prepare students to solve world problems using both number sense and fluency with mathematical functions and operations;
Statutory and Regulatory Mandates for Elementary and Middle Schools Law/Regulation Requirement Possible Evidence Is the requirement met? Notes Ed. Law §3204(2)(ii) For schools that meet the criteria for Commissioner’s Determination: The curriculum provides academically rigorous instruction that develops critical thinking skills in the school's students, taking into account the entirety of the curriculum over the course of elementary and middle school; Instruction in English will prepare students to read fiction and nonfiction text for information and to use that information to construct written essays that state a point of view or support an argument; Instruction in mathematics will prepare students to solve problems using both number sense and fluency with mathematical functions and operations; Description of curriculum Representative samples of daily, weekly, monthly, yearly schedules Framework for teaching and learning in the core academic areas of English language arts, math, science, and social studies Sample lesson plans List of textbooks or other instructional resources Textbook/resource use demonstrated in curriculum and lesson plans Other: Y N world
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