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	Curriculum & Academic Goals
	School Level
	Ensure that the curriculum is articulated horizontally and vertically and available to all students

At the middle level, efforts are focused on providing the same curriculum to all students; teams are supported by special educators and other specialists to help remove barriers to learning, whatever those barriers may be. Many schools focus on improving literacy as the basis of all learning and have thus integrated literacy instruction into all academic areas, including arts and technology.

In some schools, departments administer the same tests at the same time; in others, teachers within a department do so voluntarily. Higher-performing middle schools also reach out to their elementary and high schools to articulate the curriculum across grades above and below those they serve.

Port Chester Middle School, Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District (NY) shares goals and action steps with community members.