About CLASP

CLASP Materials

• CLASP Application
  To register your district to participate, print this form, complete it, and send it to Elizabeth Terhune, CLASP Project Manager.
  
• CLASP Online Demo
  Download a standalone PowerPoint presentation (will run on any Mac or PC with MS Powerpoint) to walk you through the CLASP software.
  
• CLASP Brochure
  View and print a PDF brochure describing the CLASP project.
  
• How to Develop Curriculum Guidelines
  A synthesis and beginning model based on discussions of different districts' experiences developing their guidelines.
  
• Criteria for Lesson Plan Excellence
  As a group, CLASP districts discussed what are criteria for lesson plan excellence. This document is the result of that discussion.
  
• What Makes a Good Lesson Plan?
  To facilitate CLASP districts' ongoing discussion of lesson plan excellence, Mass Networks compiled some general criteria.
  
• Survey of District Curriculum Terminology
  Different districts use different labels to describe curriculum components. CLASP generically describes these components as "What you teach," "How you teach," and "How you assess." See the terms that several CLASP districts use, and compare those to the Mass Department of Education equivalents.