StrongMind | K–12 Curriculum & Learning Technology

Column 3: Check

Catch misalignment early.

See when a page does not clearly support the objective it is meant to teach.

Check whether instruction prepares students for assessment.

Course Insights surfaces concepts that appear in an assessment but are not sufficiently taught in the instruction.

See rigor and coverage together.

Review standards coverage, cognitive rigor, and how difficulty progresses across the course.

Check readability against grade level.

Content is flagged when it reads above the intended course level.

Review the learning sequence.

Course Insights checks whether direct instruction, guided practice, and independent practice support a gradual release of responsibility.

Check item quality.

Review reading level, answer-option quality, distractors, and rubric completeness.

Support inclusive, student-facing language.

Content is checked for tone and wording that may be exclusionary or stereotyping.

Know where to focus next.

Items that need attention are collected into a ready-to-review view for authors and reviewers.

Column 2: Build

Work backward from mastery.

Connect objectives to assessments first, then build the instruction and practice that prepare students to demonstrate what they know.

Build from flexible content blocks.

Add, reorder, duplicate, or remove content as the course takes shape.

Draft with StrongMind Intelligence.

Generate activities or course materials, then revise them in plain language or write them yourself.

Keep control of every change.

StrongMind Intelligence-generated edits are not final until your team accepts them.

Adjust content quickly.

Change passage length or reading level without rebuilding the content from scratch.

Build assessments around the objective.

The current experience supports multiple choice, matching, extended response, and file upload items, with rigor tied to the learning objective.

Preview the student experience.

See course pages as students will see them before the course reaches final review.

Reuse the work you’ve already done.

Section and course assessments can assemble from items created during the authoring process.

Column 1: Plan

Start from a topic.

Name what you want to teach, and CoursePro helps build the course structure from there.

Work from standards and vetted objectives.

The current experience supports Common Core English Language Arts and Math, kindergarten through grade 12, with StrongMind-provided learning objectives already tagged for cognitive rigor.

See coverage before you build.

Preview the standards your course needs to address, then watch coverage update as objectives are selected.

Find standards and objectives in one place.

Search standard codes, descriptions, and learning objectives without jumping between tools.

Set priorities and spot gaps.

Power standards are flagged, and teams can mark additional standards for greater emphasis.

Build the course map your way.

Choose a year, semester, or quarter, then generate a course map with StrongMind Intelligence or build it manually.

Check pacing and rigor as you plan.

See whether the course is on track, where units may be overloaded, and how rigor progresses across the course.

Keep a human review gate.

Standards coverage is reviewed and approved by a person before the planning step closes.