Why do we have essential Standards

What is an Essential Standard?

GVC's stand for Guaranteed Viable Curriculum. These are also known as “Essential Standards.”  We have identified the GVC’s in our K12 curriculum.  What this means is that in our curriculum there are some really important skills and concepts that all students need to learn.  These skills provide students with a solid foundation to build upon.  So GVC’s are really the essential skills we want to make sure all students learn so that they have the knowledge they need to ensure they can build upon those important skills.  There are specific assessments within our curriculum that measure our GVC’s/essential skills.  Basically, they are checkpoints for teachers to monitor your student's work.

Why should it be important to you?  

Because when your student participates in the lessons that measure the GVC’s, it will help you to know if they are on track with these important skills that they need to learn. 

Why is it important to us as teachers?  

It helps us as teachers to make sure that our students are learning and mastering these essential skills.  If they aren’t, then we can step in and provide tutoring/interventions to make sure these really important skills are mastered before they move on to other material.