Horizonal and Vertical Alignment

Horizontal Alignment/Articulation

Used when you want to understand how often and what type of skills, content, and resources are being covered across different subjects given a phase of time. This will help ensure that there are no overlaps or gaps around content and skills being taught, as well as ensuring students are not being assessed too frequently or infrequently.

To do this, you will want to compare different subject curriculum maps within the same grade level. Refer to Comparing Curriculum Maps for more information.

Vertical Alignment/Articulation

As part of ensuring your institution is accredited means having curriculum maps that are aligned from one grade level to the next. This will ensure that, given a subject, each grade-level curriculum adequately covers the necessary topics, skills, standards, and learning outcomes to ensure student success throughout their school career.

To do this, you will want to compare different grade-level curriculum maps within the same subject matter. Refer to Comparing Curriculum Maps for more information.