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

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