Stratford Technology Education Standards:

21st CENTURY LEARNING SKILLS
Standard 1 Use real-world digital and other research tools to access, evaluate, and effectively apply information appropriate for authentic tasks.
Standard 2 Work independently and collaboratively to solve problems and accomplish goals.
Standard 3 Communicate information clearly and effectively using a variety of tools/media in varied contexts for a variety of purposes.
Standard 4 Demonstrate innovation, flexibility, and adaptability in thinking patterns, work habits, and working/learning conditions.
Standard 5 Effectively apply the analysis, synthesis, and evaluative processes that enable productive problem solving.
Standard 6 Value and demonstrate personal responsibility, character, cultural understanding, and ethical behavior.

STRATFORD INFORMATION LITERACY AND TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS
Standard 1 - Information Strategies: Students determine their need for information and apply strategies to select, locate, and access information resources.
Standard 2 - Information Use: Students evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information and data to solve problems, conduct research, and pursue personal interests.
Standard 3 - Information and Technology Application: Students use appropriate technologies to create written, visual, oral and multimedia products that communicate ideas and information.
Standard 4 - Literacy and Literary Appreciation: Students extract meaning from fiction and nonfiction resources in a variety of formats. They demonstrate an enjoyment of reading, including an appreciation of literature and other creative expressions.
Standard 5 - Personal Management: Students display evidence of ethical, legal, and social responsibility in regard to information resources and project and self-management.

Connecticut Technology Education Standards:

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS (21st Century Learning Skills embedded in the following standards)
EKS.01 Complete required training, education, and certification to prepare for employment in a particular career field.
EKS.02 Demonstrate language arts knowledge and skills required to pursue the full range of post-secondary education and career opportunities.
EKS.03 Demonstrate mathematics knowledge and skills required to pursue the full range of post-secondary education and career opportunities.
EKS.04 Demonstrate science knowledge and skills required to pursue the full range of postsecondary and career education opportunities.
EKS.05 Employ critical thinking skills independently and in teams to solve problems and make decisions (e.g.,
EKS.06 Implement personal and jobsite safety rules and regulations to maintain safe and healthful working conditions and environments.
EKS.07 Employ leadership skills to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.
EKS.08 Identify and demonstrate positive work behaviors and personal qualities needed to be employable.
EKS.09 Demonstrate skills related to seeking and applying for employment to find and obtain a desired job.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND COMPETENCIES (2015 EDITION)

Common Core State Standards for Math
1) Explain the meaning of a problem and look for entry points to its solution.
2) Make sense of quantities and their relationships in problem situations.
3) Interpret and use stated assumptions, definitions, and previously established results in constructing arguments.
4) Apply the mathematics learned to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace.
5) Consider the available tools when solving a mathematical problem.
6) Communicate precisely to others through the use of mathematical explanations and definitions.
7) Examine mathematical problems to discern a pattern or structure.
8) Determine if calculations are repeated, and look both for general methods and for shortcuts.

Common Core State Standards for Reading
1) Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the accounts.
2) Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.
3) Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text.
4) Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 11-12 texts and topics.
5) Analyze how the text structures information or ideas into categories or hierarchies, demonstrating understanding of the information or ideas.
6) Analyze the author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text, identifying important issues that remain unresolved.
7) Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
8) Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a science or technical text, verifying the data when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information.
9) Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., tests, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible.
10) Read and comprehend science/technical texts in grades 11-CCR (college career readiness) text complexity band independently and proficiently.

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