A group of department chairs, teachers, and instructional coaches have been tasked with the responsibility of finding ways to increase student achievement scores at the district level. The team decides that the best method is to scrap the current curriculum and create something entirely different from the ground up. The problem with this thinking is what?
a. It does not take into account those teachers that experienced success with the old curriculum.
b. It fails to consider all of the programs, software, and resources the district has already paid for to deliver instruction.
c. What has come before should not necessarily be tossed out as ineffective without data to back up the need for changes.
d. It discounts the historical significance of what the district has been doing for the past 10 years.
c. What has come before should not necessarily be tossed out as ineffective without data to back up the need for changes.
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