LAC 28:LXXIII.305. Description of Framework

A. In this document, framework refers to the entire field of Family and Consumer Sciences. A strand is the name of one of the five fields of study: 1. clothing and textiles; 2. housing, interiors, and furnishings; 3. human development and family relationships; 4. management of resources; 5. nutrition and foods. B. The focus of each strand explains the discipline's importance to the overall education of students. The standards are descriptions of what a student should know and be able to do through subject matter, knowledge, and proficiencies gained as a result of studying that strand. Some strands have as many as 40 standards. Each standard is accompanied by benchmarks that identify processes and/or content that are used as a reference to assess student progress for the related standard. Curriculum was not addressed during the development of this framework. Each school system should assume responsibility for developing the local curriculum, using this document and the benchmarks in particular, as a guide. Content, instruction, and assessment methods should be approached by the individual teacher at the school level, based upon the approved curriculum. The relationship of each of these components is illustrated in the generic framework and the sample framework from Clothing and Textiles.