Next, they evaluated the modules inclusion of the in-focus standards and aligned critical skills by reviewing the units’ lessons, activities, and assessments. They found gaps in learning that they determined needed to be rectified immediately. To close the gaps instructionally, they developed ancillary unit requirements by either designing an additional unit or determining a module’s activities that could be removed and replaced with in-district resources and appropriate OER materials. Lastly, they began designing formative and summative assessments to aid in evaluating students’ independency and transfer capabilities for the identified standards’ learning expectations.

Since a standards-resources gap analysis needs to be customized for a learning organization, Janet works diligently to ensure that the specific analysis model leads to empowering educators in confidently determining how current, as well as future, resources meet the needs of their learners, and for themselves.