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Request for feedback: National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula (APA, 2011)

Introduction

The National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula (APA, 2011) provides learning benchmarks for the high school psychology course and is available online at http://www.apa.org/education/k12/national-standards.aspx.  The current National Standards expire in August 2021.  A National Standards Working Group has begun to revise the current psychology standards and invites high school psychology teachers to provide feedback to inform the revision process.  Feedback is welcome by July 1.   

This confidential survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Please contact Emily Leary Chesnes at eleary@apa.org or 202-572-3013 if you have any questions.  Thank you for your input. 
 
1. Is your curriculum tied to the National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula (APA, 2011)?
2. Does your state or school district have psychology standards aligned to APA’s National Standards?  Please check all that apply.
3. If no, does your state or school district encourage you to use the National Standards?
 
3. Do you like the current format of the National Standards?
4. In your opinion, how easy to use are the National Standards?
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6. Do you think the National Standards are aligned at the right level of knowledge (e.g., Bloom's Taxonomy, Webb’s depth of knowledge alignment)?
7. There are currently 7 content domains and 20 standard areas in the National Standards.  Do you think the scope of the content in the National Standards is too large?  
8. Do you think some things currently in the National Standards should be removed?
9. Was anything missing from the current National Standards?
10. Which National Standards do you find to be the most difficult to meet in your teaching?  Please check all that apply.
11. A working group last summer recommended aligning the next revision of the National Standards to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS Lead States, 2013).  Do you support this alignment?
12. This working group also recommended aligning the next revision of the National Standards to existing undergraduate assessment guidelines and models for the undergraduate psychology introductory psychology course, to encourage better alignment between high school and undergraduate psychology courses. Do you support this alignment?
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