SpringBoard Curriculum
SpringBoard is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and helps all students and teachers reach the goals of the Common Core Initiative. The Common Core Standards provide the “what” in the form of required achievements for students. Curriculum materials must provide the “how” to help students achieve the standards outlined.
The SpringBoard curriculum materials support student acquisition of the skills and knowledge to meet Common Core standards by:
- Providing engaging and relevant activities that allow students to develop the essential skills needed for success in college level work as well as in the workplace
- Incorporating appropriate rigor that challenges students by requiring them not only to apply concepts and skills, but also to explain the thinking behind their applications of knowledge
- Designing the program around evidence of what works in the classroom: research-based practices such as designing instruction with the end in mind, scaffolding activities to prepare students for increasing levels of rigor, integrating learning strategies that help students “learn how to learn”
- Integrating content that addresses key strengths found in current state standards; the rigor of the curriculum fully meets and often exceeds the expectations of key state standards
