SAS-+Standards+Aligned+System



=Click here to get to the:= =The Standards Aligned System=

===The link below will take you to a page in SAS that includes excellent instructions and tutorials for every aspect of the SAS website. If you have a particular area of interest in SAS, print off the tutorial for that section, and walk through it using the website.===

@http://websites.pdesas.org/helpdesk/2009/11/9/242/page.aspx
SAS or the Standards Aligned System is a "comprehensive approach to support student acheivement across the Commonwealth." It is a NEW state website and a flexible database that allows you to have instant access to the followng categories of information:
 * **Clear Standards**
 * **Fair Assessments**
 * **Curriculum Framework**
 * **Instruction**
 * **Materials and Resources**
 * **Interventions**

It provides MORE direction than ever before about what should be taught when, and //uses Learning-Focused language and strategies to do so//! Many of you spent time navigating the old SAS...this really is a new and improved resource.

Here is the original walk through document I created. The resources above are more current, but much of this still applies: