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• NICHCY: Addressing the General Education Curriculum
• Standards-Based Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) Benefit Students: IEPs Must Align With the General Education Curriculum
• Michigan’s General Education Curriculum
  • K-8 Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCE) Note: Science is not included in the 8th Grade Level Content Expectations. It is considered part of the High School Science Curriculum and the subject is often Earth Science. Check with your local school to determine the science subject covered in 8th grade. Click on the link below to access Science High School Content Expectations.
  • High School Content Expectations (Note: Scroll down to Curriculum)
• Michigan’s Extended Grade Level Content Expectations (EGLCE) and Extended High School Content Expectations (EHSCE) designed for students with cognitive impairments. Note: Links below include both EGLCE for K-8 and EHSCE for High School.
  • Functional Independence EGLCEs and EHSCEs
  • Participation and Supported Independence (P/SI) EGLCEs and EHSCEs Background Information from MDE: "The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 mandated the existence of a set of comprehensive state grade level assessments that are designed and based on rigorous grade level content. MI-Access has used Michigan’s version 12.05 Grade Level Content Expectations (Grades K-8), that were approved in 2006 by the Michigan State Board of Education, to develop content expectations that are appropriate for the Participation and Supported Independence (P/SI) populations."
• Early Learning Expectations for Three- and Four-Year-Old Children Note: The Early Learning Expectations for Three- and Four-Year-Old Children begins on p. 49 of the pdf document and includes Social and Emotional Development, Intellectual Development, Language and Early Literacy Development, Creative Development, Physical Development and Health, Early Learning in Mathematics, Early Learning in Science, Early Learning in the Social Studies, and Early Skills in Using Technology. From MDE: "The standards in this document define early childhood settings of the highest quality. The Michigan Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten are linked to the following documents:"
  • Michigan Licensing Rules for Child Care Centers
  • Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCEs) for Kindergarten
  • Head Start Child Outcome Framework with numerical labels to identify domains, elements and indicators.