The Authentic Standards-Based Environment: A Systematic Approach to Learning Targets, Assessment, and Data (A practical guide to standards-based learning for teacher teams and educators)

by Eileen Depka

Overview

Why are standards so important, and how do they improve student learning? In The Authentic Standards-Based Environment: A Systematic Approach to Learning Targets, Assessment, and Data, Eileen Depka dives into standards-based student learning with a simple, easy-to-use approach to unpacking standards, developing learning targets, and designing rubrics and assessments. Using data-driven methods and clear examples, this book makes a standards-based process manageable.

K–12 teachers and administrators will:

• Learn to unpack standards and understand the components and expectations rooted in them
• Understand how to design standards-based learning targets that directly connect to each component of the standard
• Design individual and common assessments that link with the rigor and expectations of the standard
• Report data and design a scope and sequence that will guide next steps
• Discover how to implement a standards-based system school- or districtwide

Contents:
Introduction
Part 1: The Foundation
Chapter 1: Unpacking Standards—Why and How
Chapter 2: Designing Standards-Based Learning Targets
Part 2: Tools and Analysis
Chapter 3: Creating Standards-Based Assessments
Chapter 4: Creating Standards-Based Rubrics
Chapter 5: Implementing Common Assessments to Ensure Comparable Data
Chapter 6: Using Unpacked Standards to Report Data and Create a Scope and Sequence
Part 3: Embedding the Process
Chapter 7: Implementing the Process School- or Districtwide
References and Resources
Index

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781954631250
Publisher:	Solution Tree Press
Publication date:	09/02/2022
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	375,384
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

About the Author vii

Introduction 1

Support of Standards 2

The Content 3

An Overview 4

Part 1 The Foundation 7

Chapter 1 Unpacking Standards: Why and How 9

Why Unpacking the Standards Is Essential 10

How the Process Works: Unpacking, Deconstructing, or Disaggregating 12

How Teachers Share Standards With Students 24

In Summary 27

Unpacked Standards Document 29

Try It: Unpacked Standards Document Template for Reading-Literature Standard 2, Grade 2 30

Chapter 2 Designing Standards-Based Learning Targets 31

How to Design Learning Targets 32

How to Use the Targets With Students 40

In Summary 41

Unpacked Standards Document With Learning Targets 43

Part 2 Tools and Analysis 45

Chapter 3 Creating Standards-Based Assessments 47

Assessment Design 48

In Summary 64

Graphic Organizer Assessment for Reading an Informational Text 66

Chapter 4 Creating Standards-Based Rubrics 67

How to Design Rubrics 68

How to introduce Rubrics to Students 72

Additional Examples 74

In Summary 81

Chapter 5 Implementing Common Assessments to Ensure Comparable Data 83

What Common Means 84

How to Create and Agree on Common Assessment Practices 89

How to Use Common Assessments With Single-Classroom Grade Levels 93

Additional Examples 96

In Summary 106

Unpacked Standards Document for Vertical Teams 108

Chapter 6 Using Unpacked Standards to Report Data and Create a Scope and Sequence 109

How to Act on Data Reports 110

How to Design a Scope and Sequence 126

In Summary 131

Part 3 Next Steps: Embedding the Process 133

Chapter 7 Implementing the Process School- or Districtwide 135

Determine Who Will Be Involved in Implementation 136

Identify and Share the Purpose 137

Create an Implementation Calendar 139

Share and Track Progress 141

Celebrate: Share Testimonials and Successes 144

In Summary 144

Standards-Based Implementation Calendar, Version 1 146

Standards-Based Implementation Calendar, Version 2 148

References and Resources 151

Index 155