Curriculum standards:
· Focus on themes and concepts rather than isolated facts.
· Emphasize thinking skills and problem solving more than the memorization and recall of information
· Promote integration through the identification of common skills and processes.
Benchmarks
· Emphasize what students should know and be able to do as they progress through various levels of proficiency and ultimately exit from high
· Different methods of assessment are used, oral exams - researches - homework - participation - practical testsessay questions - MCQs