A Teacher’s Guide to Standards-Based Learning

An Instruction Manual for Adopting Standards-Based Curriculum, Grading and Feedback.

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.
• 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.