Academic Standards and Skills
Learning goals in the Ford PAS curriculum are aligned to the following national academic standards and skills:
- Standards for the English Language Arts
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and International Reading Association (IRA) - New Standards Performance Standards: English Language Arts
National Council on Education and the Economy (NCEE) and the University of Pittsburgh - Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) - National Science Education Standards
National Research Council (NRC) - Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) - Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics
National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) - National Standards for History
National Center for History in the Schools (NCHS) - National Standards for Business Education
National Business Education Association (NBEA) - Standards for Engineering Education
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) - National Educational Technology Standards
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) - Standards for Technological Literacy
International Technology Education Association (ITEA) - SCANS 2000
The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, United States - United States Department of Labor: Equipped for the Future
National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)
Learning Goals and National Standard Correlations for Each Module:
- Careers Companies and Communities
- Closing the Environmental Loop
- Different by Design
- Energy for the Future
- Ensuring Quality
- From Concept to Consumer
- From Data to Knowledge
- Global Citizens
- Markets Without Borders
- Media and Messages
- People at Work
- Planning for Business Success
- Planning for Efficiency
- Reverse Engineering
- The Wealth of Nations
