ABSTRACT
There is much talk these days about a standards-based curriculum. Curriculum standards are statements of the content that students are to learn in one subject for all grades or levels. Special educators and school administrators are currently debating the issue of whether a single standards-based curriculum should be provided for all students or whether students with disabilities need a curriculum designed for them alone. Those arguing for a single curriculum believe that an inclusive curriculum that uses the same standards for all students is the best way to operationalize the core concepts of inclusion. Those arguing for special standards for students with disabilities believe that the uniqueness of students with disabilities warrants the development of a special education curriculum based upon special standards. The position taken here is that students with disabilities deserve a differentiated standards-based curriculum, one that builds upon the common curriculum but adapts and supplements it in special ways. As explained further below, such a curriculum is like a pie that has one part regular, one part special, and one part individual.
