UNWRAPPING STANDARDS:

"...making the conversion from the former to the new standards is not a simple matter of inserting the new content into the existing documents. Several steps are required, and the effort must be a strategic one. In and of themselves, the standards are not the curriculum, and they must be (a) examined and discussed by grade level or course work teams to determine the specific skills and concepts contained in each. From there, the teams decide (b) how student mastery will be measured, (c) what classroom delivery strategies will be appropriate, (d) which print and nonprint materials will be needed, (e) how technology fits in, and (f) whether there are readiness or lead-up skills and concepts to be included. Combined, these elements become the curriculum—an umbrella label often used by districts to subsume the course content, classroom instruction, materials and technology, and student assessment." 

(March, J. & Peters, K., 2014, p.4)