Developing a curriculum framework based on standards, designing a curriculumplanning
model based on that framework, empowering stakeholders to carry out the
activities to the best of their ability, and ensuring continued monitoring and
evaluation as the curriculum is implemented in the classroom are five steps in the
process of integrating standards into the curriculum. The importance of these steps
becomes more apparent when educators consider the impact of current learning in
helping students gain the knowledge and skills they will need later to function as
productive adults.