Using the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards to obtain data

Why are the standards so important?

Secret # 1:
Teaching how to test is a waste of valuable learning time (though often necessary)…
…but teaching to the test is a good thing.

Secret # 2:
Improve student achievement by thinking like the test-makers…
ETS & Riverside create the tests by using the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards to guide them.
Therefore, if you teach to the test, you are teaching to the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards
…at least for now…
…the National Standards are coming!

Secret # 3:
Teach (and ANALYZE) to the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards and the test will take care of itself.