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What is the Tucson Framework?
The Tucson Framework will perform two functions. First, it will house the authoritative collection of state and
nationally recognized academic achievement standards and benchmarks in electronic format. The collection will
faithfully represent the standards and benchmarks as created by the originating agencies and as approved by state
or national bodies. The collection will be made available using industry standard data structures (e.g. XML schemas)
and formatted according to standards bodies recommendations including Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF),
Gateway to Education Materials (GEM) and others. Second, The Tucson Framework will provide research and development
services. It will develop recommendations and best practices for incorporation of academic standards and benchmarks:
1) Within learning resources and their related catalog records, 2) Within on-line and digital libraries, and 3)
Within content and learning management systems. Note that the collection will not house any organization's proprietary
information or any public or private alignment systems.
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