(Ebook) Understanding Standards Based Education A Practical Guide for Teachers and Administrators 1st Edition by Richard A Zagranski, William T Whigham, Patrice L Dardenne ISBN 1412955718 9781412955713

(Ebook) Understanding Standards Based Education A Practical Guide for Teachers and Administrators 1st Edition by Richard A Zagranski, William T Whigham, Patrice L Dardenne ISBN 1412955718 9781412955713

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ISBN 10: 1412955718 
ISBN 13: 9781412955713
Author: Richard A Zagranski, William T Whigham, Patrice L Dardenne

"Just what the educational doctor ordered. Written in an easy-to-understand format, this guide contains excellent explanations and valuable models, guidelines, checklists, unit designs, and lesson designs to help teachers implement standards-based education in their classrooms." —Vaughn G. Rhudy, Teacher Shady Spring High School, WV "Zagranski, Whigham, and Dardenne tame the beast of accountability for principals, teachers, and parents by articulately defining what is really expected. A real guide for demystifying the complex world of standards-based education." —Erica Ann Faginski, Principal Michael E. Smith Middle School, South Hadley, MA Transforming your curriculum into a standards-based model: What every educator needs to know! This comprehensive handbook offers a data-driven curriculum design process to help educators meet today′s standards of performance and assessment. Based on decades of hands-on experience, Richard Zagranski, William T. Whigham, and Patrice L. Dardenne provide a clear set of expectations and responsibilities for stakeholders at all three levels of the educational pyramid: teachers, teacher leaders/coordinators, and administrators. Their user-friendly approach, which both incorporates and looks beyond NCLB, shows readers how to take a standard, transform it into a performance objective, and design a corresponding assessment piece. The text includes: Standards-based guidelines and action plans Ready-to-use charts, rubrics, and templates Real-world examples and assessment methods Step-by-step instructions to ensure sustainability Chapter summaries and a glossary for easy reference Understanding Standards-Based Education leads educators through a well-defined course of curriculum revision and presents all participants with specific, need-to-know information for accomplishing mandated goals.

(Ebook) Understanding Standards Based Education A Practical Guide for Teachers and Administrators 1st Table of contents:

1. INTRODUCTION
Relevant Versus Relative
The Problems
The Solution
Content and Intent
2. TRADITIONAL VERSUS STANDARDS-BASED EDUCATION
What Everyone Needs to Know
What Most People Need to Know
What Some People Need to Know
How Do We Get There From Here?
Questions for Reflection
Summary
3. ACCOUNTABILITY
Raise the Drawbridge, Flood the Moat
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!
Accountability 101
What Everyone Needs to Know
What Most People Need to Know
What Some People Need to Know
Summary
4. PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE
Touching All the Bases but Getting Thrown Out at Home
What Everyone Needs to Know
What Most People Need to Know
What Some People Need to Know
Summary
5. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
What? Where? Why? How?
Summative and Formative
Eliminate A and D; Guess B or C
What Everyone Needs to Know
Assessment Strategies
From Standard to Assessment
What Most People Need to Know
What Some People Need to Know
Summary
6. DATA
What Is Data and From Where Does It Come?
The Standards-Based Model and Data
What Everyone Needs to Know
Form Versus Function
Simplicity Is the Key
Student Portfolios
What Most People Need to Know
What Some People Need to Know
Summary
7. UNIT DESIGN
Units Create Focus
What Everyone Needs to Know
Aids for the Educator
Measuring Success
What Did You Do in School Today?
What Most People Need to Know
What Some People Need to Know
Summary
8. LESSON DESIGN
Hey, I Just Follow the Curriculum
Questions to Ask
Where There’s a Need, There’s a Way
What Everyone Needs to Know
Lesson Design Steps
The Transfer and Retention of Learning
Lesson Design Planner
What Most People Need to Know
What Some People Need to Know
Summary
9. DIFFERENTIATION
Teaching Versus Learning
Differentiation Defined
Learning Styles Versus Teaching Styles
What Everyone Needs to Know
Differentiated Step Lessons: Method 1
Sample Step Lessons Using Method 1
Differentiated Step Lessons: Method 2
Sample Step Lessons Using Method 2
Differentiated Classroom 101
What Most People Need to Know
What Some People Need to Know
Summary
10. SCAFFOLDING
Defining Scaffolding
What Everyone Needs to Know
Tools to Develop Understanding
The Three P’s of Scaffolding Pieces: Problems, Projects, and Presentations
Model Behavior
Sample Lesson With Scaffolding
What Most People Need to Know
What Some People Need to Know
Summary
11. INSTRUCTIONAL GROUPING
Grouping Defined
What Everyone Needs to Know
Grouping Size
So, What If Grouping Strategies Are Not Working? Jump Ship or Row to Shore?
What Most People Need to Know
What Some People Need to Know
Summary
12. BRAIN-BASED LEARNING
What Everyone Needs to Know
The Male and Female Brains
Engage the Brain
Strategies for Meaningful Learning
Sample Lesson
Am I Doing It Right?
What Most People Need to Know
What Some People Need to Know
Summary
13. REPORTING PROGRESS
What Everyone Needs to Know
What Most People Need to Know
What Some People Need to Know
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