- Is the document useable? A curriculum is useless unless it can actually be used. A new teacher should be able to come in, pick it up, and begin teaching. It should include standards, essential questions, activities, and assessments.
- Is the document up to date? Does it keep up with modern pedagogy? Does it include 21st century skills?
- Does it cater to multiple intelligences, different skill levels, different interests?
- Are the assessments formative, or only summative?
My model for curricular evaluation was Scriven's Goal-Free Model. This seems to me to be more of a teacher evaluation model, rather than one to evaluate curriculum. It refers to Knowledge of Subject Matter, Instructional Competence, Assessment Competence, and Professionalism. These are not issues of the curriculum, but of the teacher.
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