Curriculum mapping

Curriculum mapping is a procedure for reviewing theoperational curriculum[1] as it is entered into an elec-tronic database at any education setting. It is basedlargely on the work of Heidi Hayes Jacobs in Mappingthe Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and AssessmentK-12 (ASCD, 1997) and Getting Results with CurriculumMapping (2004, ASCD). Schools are using curriculumtemplates that display key components of the curriculum:content, skills, assessments, and essential questions.Some states such as South Dakota have adopted curricu-lum mapping on a state-wide basis and provide detailedonline curriculum mapping resources for their profes-sional staff.[2] Other states such as Indiana have mandatedcurriculum mapping as a tool for schools which do notmeet Adequate Yearly Progress and also provide numer-ous online tools.[3]

Key to the approach is that each teacher enters what isactually taught in real-time during the school year, incontrast to having an outside or separate committee de-termine decisions. The entries by teachers are not leftalone, however; in fact, because the work is displayedvia internet-based programs, it is open to view by all per-sonnel in a school or district.[4] This allows educators toview both K-12 and across grade levels and subjects whatis transpiring in order to be informed and to revise theirwork.The curriculum mapping model as originally defined byDr. Jacobs has seven specific steps[5] that schools useto thoroughly examine and then revise their curriculum.There are both commercial companies and not-for-profitgroups that have generated curriculum mapping softwareused around the world. Related to mapping, but separatefrom it, is the concept of a curriculum audit, describedby Fenwick W. English. in “Deciding What to Teach andTest: Developing, Auditing, and Aligning the Curricu-lum” (1999, Sage).Curriculum mapping is not limited to United Statespublic schools.[6] A number of independent schools haveadopted the curriculum mapping process[7] to review andrevise their curriculum. The bulk of schools using cur-riculum mapping outside the US tend to be independentschools that follow an international curriculum (such asIB, AERO, or IGCSE) or public schools located inAnglo-Saxon countries.

1 References[1] Starr, Linda (29 May 2006). “Virtual Workshop: Cur-

riculum Mapping”. Education World. Retrieved 14 May2009.

[2] South Dakota Department of Education Office of Curricu-lum, Technology, & Assessment, retrieved 6 June 2010

[3] Indiana Department of Education: Resources for Districtsin Improvement and Corrective Action, retrieved 6 June2010

[4] Truesdale, Valerie; Claire Thompson; Michael Lucas(2004). “Use of CurriculumMapping to Build a LearningCommunity”. In Heidi Hayes Jacobs. Getting results withcurriculum mapping. Alexandria, Virginia: Associationfor Supervision and Curriculum Development. ISBN 0-87120-999-3. OCLC 55960819. Retrieved 14 May2009.

[5] Jacobs, Heidi Hayes. Mapping the Big Picture: IntegratingCurriculum and Assessment K-12 (ASCD,1997).

[6] Jacobs, Heidi Hayes (November 1998). “The Teacheras Designer: Integrating the Curriculum”. Interna-tional Schools Journal (European Council of InternationalSchools) 18 (1): 22–33. ISSN 0264-7281. OCLC93367190.

[7] Jacobs, Heidi Hayes (Spring 1998). "'Connections, Map-ping, and Structures for Learning' Interview with Dr.Heidi Hayes Jacobs”. Independent School Magazine(National Association of Independent Schools) 57 (3).

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