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Agriculture

The Illinois Agriculture Curriculum is the only Career and Technical Education curriculum legislated in Illinois. The curriculum is the model for many other states.

The Illinois Agricultural Education Report 2004 addresses the relationship between NCLB and the Illinois Agricultural Core Curriculum (see www.agriculturaleducation.org). This nationally recognized curriculum (purchased by 42 states with 16 states adopting the curriculum in its entirety) includes:

  • Over 600 lesson plans all linked to the Illinois Learning Standards
  • Performance-based, academic assessments to assist teachers in charting yearly academic progress of students towards mastery of Illinois Learning Standards

Approximately seventy-seven percent (77%) of the agricultural programs received academic course credit in math, science, social studies, language arts, or consumer economics.