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Committee refines glossary and sets process to update references and citations
Summary
The standards committee reviewed proposed changes to the glossary—reinstating some literary/grammar terms, clarifying terms such as 'point of view' versus 'author's perspective'—and discussed consolidating references into a single final document and options for citation checking.
Meredith, SDC member, reviewed a proposed cleanup of the standards glossary, noting the group had added, revised and removed multiple entries during in‑person and virtual drafting. She said some entries that had been proposed for removal — such as active/passive voice and extended metaphor — should be reconsidered because teachers use the terms in later grades.
“We either have to reinstate it or we have to rewrite voice or get rid of voice,” Meredith said about the voice entries. Other committee members said they preferred more rather than fewer glossary terms to reduce ambiguity for teachers across grade bands.
Committee members discussed clarifying the distinction between a text’s point of view (narrator perspective) and the author’s perspective, and noted the glossary must avoid using terms interchangeably in ways that have confused teachers in the past. Meredith said the revision work showed roughly how many glossary entries would be added, modified, kept, and removed; she asked members with strand knowledge to review entries for their grade bands.
On references and citations, Leticia, staff lead, asked authors to place any new references or citation changes in the shared final documents folder so staff can consolidate a single reference list for the final standards document. She described a practical workflow: authors should drop new citations into the folder, and she will alphabetize and check APA formatting. Committee members discussed software and AI tools to aid the task; one staff member suggested some paid, education‑focused AI tools can help flag missing references but cautioned about accepted vendor lists for state government use. Leticia said she would test options and asked members to add missing citation details and any state curricular sources used so she can cite them and note adaptations.
Next steps: members with outstanding glossary work will add comments or track‑changes in the SDC edits documents; authors will place citation material into the final documents folder by the end of January to allow staff to consolidate the reference list ahead of the public survey.
