Course Standards

2025-2026 Academic Year

MI21 Fashion Merchandising

Course Type: Developed

Standard/Objective Number	Standard/Objective	Course Weight	RBT Designation
1.00	Understand the fundamentals of the fashion industry.	18%	B2 Understand Conceptual
1.01	Understand the progression of fashion.	9%	B2 Understand Conceptual
1.02	Understand the basics of textile fabrics and finishes.	4%	B2 Understand Conceptual
1.03	Understand the categories of fashion merchandise.	5%	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.00	Understand the fashion merchandising process.	24%	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.01	Understand the role of distribution in the fashion industry.	6%	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.02	Understand the preparation of fashion merchandise buying plans.	7%	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.03	Understand fashion merchandise buying.	6%	B2 Understand Conceptual
2.04	Understand the global nature of fashion.	5%	B2 Understand Conceptual
3.00	Understand fashion trends and forecasting.	12%	B2 Understand Conceptual
3.01	Understand the use of data in fashion forecasting.	6%	B2 Understand Conceptual
3.02	Understand the use of technologies in fashion merchandising and marketing.	6%	B2 Understand Conceptual
4.00	Understand the marketing of fashion.	10%	B2 Understand Conceptual
4.01	Understand the fashion retail elements of marketing.	5%	B2 Understand Conceptual
4.02	Understand pricing strategies in the fashion industry.	5%	B2 Understand Conceptual
5.00	Understand the selling of fashion.	13%	B2 Understand Conceptual
5.01	Understand the impact of customer service in the fashion industry.	4%	B2 Understand Conceptual
5.02	Understand retail selling processes the fashion industry	9%	B2 Understand Conceptual
6.00	Understand the promotion of a fashion image.	23%	B2 Understand Conceptual
6.01	Understand the promotional messaging of fashion.	4%	B2 Understand Conceptual
6.02	Understand visual merchandising and display techniques of fashion.	7%	B2 Understand Conceptual
6.03	Understand promoting a fashion image through special events.	6%	B2 Understand Conceptual
6.04	Understand the steps of fashion promotion.	6%	B2 Understand Conceptual

Essential standards (highlighted in gray below) are big, powerful ideas that are necessary and essential for students to know to be successful in a course. Essential standards identify the appropriate verb and cognitive process intended for the student to accomplish. Essential standards provide value throughout a student's career, in other courses, and translate to the next level of education or world of work.

Objectives/Indicators (rows not highlighted in gray below) provide another level of detail for each Essential Standard.

Adapted or Adopted Course includes essential standards and, in many cases, specific objectives/indicators aligned with business and industry standards and/or criteria for credentials or certifications. The course standards are designed using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT). If the POL is a CTE State Assessment, the course is written at the level of the ESSENTIAL STANDARD and assesses the intended outcome of the sum of its objectives/indicators.

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Standard/Objective Number: The essential standard is denoted by the digits before the dot; objectives/indicators are indicated by the final 2 digits.
Standard/Objective: Essential standard and specific objective/indicator statements per essential standard. Each essential standard statement or specific objective/indicator begins with an action verb and makes a complete sentence when combined with The learner will be able to... Outcome behavior in each essential standard or objective/indicator statement is denoted by the verb plus its object.
Course Weight: Shows the relative importance of each essential standard or objective/indicator. Course weight is used to help determine the percentage of total class time that is spent on each objective/indicator.
RBT Designation: Classification of outcome behavior in essential standards and indicator statements in Dimensions according to the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy:
Cognitive Process Dimension: 1 Remember, 2 Understand, 3 Apply, 4 Analyze, 5 Evaluate, 6 Create.
Knowledge Dimension: A Factual Knowledge, B Conceptual Knowledge, C Procedural Knowledge.