"Articulation means that the curriculum progresses from one grade to the next in a logical sequence; a coordinated curriculum is consistent in content from school to school in the same grade levels."

USP editors' de-jargonizing: For curriculum to be managed and presented effectively, the right hand has got to know what the left hand is doing.

"In any event...the absence of a rational curriculum development process (see Finding 2.4) rendered articulation and coordination impossible."

"When the auditors questioned staff about the connectivity between regular elementary curriculum and the integrated curriculum initiative, staff memebrs said only that the regular curriculum dealt with skills development and the integrated curriculum dealt with application. This response was neither a satisfactory description of connectivity nor a justifiable assertion, yet it was a key assumption regarding the relationship between the two curricula."

"Given these observations, interviews, and documents, auditors concluded that curriculum articulation and coordination was inadequate in design and ineffective in delivery. The result was a curriculum which lacked vertical and horizontal integrity."