Align to assessment performance standards

Trigger: A state or national education board releases new assessment frameworks or a district initiates a scheduled curriculum review cycle.

1. Review external assessment frameworks and required performance standards
2. Evaluate current curriculum and local assessments for content coverage and cognitive rigor
3. Identify alignment gaps in learning objectives and instructional sequences
4. Adjust curriculum maps and pacing guides to address identified gaps
5. Calibrate local assessment rubrics and test items to match the required standard rigor
6. Train instructional staff on aligned materials and updated performance expectations
7. Monitor interim student performance data to validate the effectiveness of the alignment

Outcome: Curriculum materials, instructional pacing, and local assessments are fully mapped and calibrated to external performance standards.