Teacher's Guide to Standards-Based Learning: (An Instruction Manual for Adopting Standards-Based Grading, Curriculum, and Feedback)

by Tammy Heflebower, Jan K. Hoegh, Philip B. Warrick, Jeff Flygare

Overview

With foreword by Robert J. Marzano

When teachers adopt standards-based learning, students take ownership of their education and achievement soars. Written specifically for K-12 teachers, this resource details a sequential approach for connecting curriculum, instruction, assessment methods, and feedback through standards-based education. The authors provide practical advice, real-world examples, and answers to frequently asked questions designed to support you through this important transition.

Implement standards-based grading, instruction, and curriculum in your classroom and school:

• Explore the theories and benefits of a standards-based curriculum and become familiar with several significant paradigm shifts that will help you make a strong transition to a standards-based classroom.
• Explore ways to shift your thinking about teaching and lesson plans in order to better understand content as a vehicle for the achievement of standards.
• Learn how to develop proficiency scales that will offer guidance in teaching to standards and establishing informative classroom assessment for student learning.
• Discover new styles of instruction, educational assessment, feedback, and curriculum building that are well suited to standards-based education.
• Understand how to develop student ownership through the setting of goals, and access free downloadable reproducibles available with this book.

Contents:

About the Authors

About Marzano Research

Foreword by Robert J. Marzano

Introduction

Chapter 1: Planning Instruction With Proficiency Scales

Chapter 2: Instructing With Proficiency Scales

Chapter 3: Setting Goals and Tracking Progress

Chapter 4: Administering Quality Classroom Assessments and Figuring Grades

Chapter 5: Teaching Exceptional Students

Chapter 6: Communicating Grades

Epilogue

Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions

Appendix B: Creation of an Elementary Unit Plan

References and Resources

Index

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781943360260
Publisher:	Marzano Resources
Publication date:	09/28/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	8 MB

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A Teacher's Guide to Standards-Based Learning systematically shows how standards-referencing defines and unifies planning, instruction, and assessment. The book is more than a "how-to" primer; it explains why as well as telling how, contains helpful charts for teacher use, and provides a wealth of suggestions for involving students in the process of using standards not only as the end point of learning, but as part of the journey."

--Susan M. Brookhart, consultant, Brookhart Enterprises LLC

"Transitioning to a standards-based classroom can be challenging. A Teacher's Guide to Standards-Based Learning, situated squarely within Marzano's framework, will serve teachers and instructional leaders well as they transition to instructional, feedback, and assessment strategies that support learners. This book is a practical and sequential companion for teachers and provides clear, working definitions and examples to assist the practitioner in this journey."

--Thomas M. Buckmiller, associate professor, Drake University, Iowa

"Readers will find A Teacher's Guide to Standards-Based Learning an accessible resource for professional development in standards-based learning. The authors have effectively blended best practices with practical guidance that can be realistically implemented in the classroom."

--Chad Buckendahl, founding partner, ACS Ventures