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