Maryland
High School Assessment
Overview
The four core learning goal
statements – see below – are goals for the entire social studies program,
K-12. They are not specific to a particular social studies course or grade-level
social studies curriculum. Each social studies course presents a part of
the whole goal statement appropriate to its objectives.
GOAL 1: POLITICAL SYSTEMS
The student will demonstrate
an understanding of the historical development and current status of principles,
institutions, and processes of political systems.
GOAL 2: PEOPLES OF THE NATION
AND WORLD
The student will demonstrate
and understanding of the history, diversity, and commonality of the peoples
of the nation and world, the reality of human interdependence, and the
need for global cooperation, through a perspective that is both historical
and multicultural.
GOAL 3: GEOGRAPHY
The student will demonstrate
an understanding of geographic concepts and processes to examine the role
of culture, technology, and the environment in the location and distribution
of human activities throughout history.
GOAL 4: ECONOMICS
The student will demonstrate
an understanding of the historical development and current status of economic
principles, institutions, and processes needed to be effective citizens,
consumers, and workers.
In order to assess the performance
of Maryland high school students, core learning goal statements for Political
Systems, Peoples of the Nation and World, Geography, and Economics have
been expanded to included specific expectations, indicators, and content
for each of the three state required courses. To see the Core Learning
Goals, expectations, indicators, content, and sample assessment activities
for each course, select one of the following:
Sections of this page were taken
from:
Maryland
State Department of Education. (1996). Maryland school performance program
high school core learning goals: Social studies. Baltimore: MSDE and
the Montgomery County Public Schools Social Studies Web Page.
For more information on the
Core Learning Goals: Social Studies, see this MSDE Web site.
http://www.mdk12.org/mspp/high_school/what_will/socialstudies/index.html
Please forward any questions, comments, or
outdated link information to
Dr.
Greg Bryant or Dr. David Vocke.
Thank you in advance for your help.
