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

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

Author: Tammy Heflebower, Jan K. Hoegh, Philp B. Warrick
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Marzano Resources
Published: 09/28/2018
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781943360253
Language: English