In this excerpt, Fenwick English discusses what the curriculum management audit is and explains two ways in which it may be used. English is the author of the March 2008 EDge article, The Curriculum Management Audit: Making Sense of Organizational Dynamics and Paradoxes in Closing the Achievement Gap. EDge is published five times a year by PDK International, an association for educators. For more information, go to www.pdkintl.org.