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Database of Standards
The first to offer a complete and custom delivery of standards
in both core and non-core subjects in all states plus the District
of Columbia, Academic Benchmarks organizes standards in a
consistent yet flexible format, maintaining the integrity of
the original documents.
To ensure you meet NCLB requirements we maintain the latest
state standards including Grade Level Expectations (GLEs),
Power Standards, and focus areas like special education and
ELL/ESL. We also provide databases for Canada, Australia, and
the United Kingdom.
Our accurate, complete, and extensible database of standards
provides a solid foundation for any alignment system. Always
relevant. Always searchable. Always up to date.
Our State Standards Database includes at least the following
core attributes: Terminology, Numbering, Hierarchy, Migration,
and Customization.
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Terminology
All states use naming conventions to assign meaning to the various
components of their standards. Often, states assign different
meanings to the very same terms. There is no one term that imparts
the same meaning in every state and with Academic Benchmarks
there doesn't have to be.
Example: One state may define the term
"benchmark" to mean a detailed milestone of
achievement, while another state considers the same
term to mean simply a "grade band."
We do not force the standards into a one-size-fits-all
set of terms. We deliver to you the exact terms that are
familiar to the state educators who use your products.
Numbering
Using numbering conventions to identify each standard uniquely
is a common practice among states. Many educators are accustomed
to finding a particular standard by its unique number.
Example: The number "MA.K.1.2" might imply the
second objective of the first standard in Kindergarten Math.
Academic Benchmarks preserves the state's numbering system and
isolates it from the text of the standards, for easy indexing and
for special treatment in the user interface of your products.
Some states do not provide a rigid numbering system, or perhaps
don't number all of their standards. Academic Benchmarks delivers
a consistent numbering scheme for such standards adding tremendous
value to your product by providing a consistent and easy way for
your users to search their own standards.
Hierarchy
Like terminology and numbering, the organizational structure
used by some states is both unique and important to that state.
Example: Some states bundle Math, Science and
Technology standards together, while other states separate
these subjects. Similarly, some states separate Reading and
Writing standards from Language Arts, while others bundle them
together.
Customization
Academic Benchmarks can provide a customized data feed in
ASCII-delimited, XML, SQL, or Spreadsheet format to match
your requirements.
Standards Migration
Our Standards Migration process is rapid (less than two weeks for
most collections), accurate (every match human reviewed), and
time-tested (more than 1,700,000 transitions performed to date).
We specialize in helping our clients transfer their work quickly and
painlessly. We've designed our migration process to be ideal if:
- You already have some standards collected
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The cost and effort to maintain your collection is too high
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Your standards are not as current as you would like them to be
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Standards collection is not one of your core competencies
Call today and let us show you how you can get the state standards you
need quickly, easily and inexpensively.
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Export — You export your current
database of standards, in whatever format you've gathered
it, along with an element that uniquely defines each item
in your database.
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Match — We compare your collection
of standards to ours, associating our unique identifiers to
yours, then provide you a Migration Map in the same format
that you exported.
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Import — You populate a single
new field in your collection of standards with a unique
value from our database, allowing you to refer to our
collection from within yours.
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Migration — When you are satisfied
that our collection is complete and accurate, you can
integrate our database seamlessly into yours to bring
your product up to date.
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