From Standards to Rubrics in Six Steps e-bog

"e;A wonderfully practical book that contains real examples from real teachers, helpful checklists, and rubrics. I particularly like the application and reflection pages."e;-Julie Davis, Executive Director, The Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators"e;From Standards to Rubrics in Six Steps outlines an easy-to-follow process for designing and organizing standards-based instruction that engages students in performance-based learning. Kay Burke effectively shows teachers how to use checklists and rubrics to put students in the driver's seat of their own assessment for learning."e;-Nancy Larimer, Professional Learning Supervisor, Cobb County School District, Marietta, GAPractical tools for translating standards to rubrics and ensuring high student achievement!In this new edition of her best-selling, comprehensive guide, internationally recognized assessment expert Kay Burke provides educators with a six-step process that makes it easier than ever to link teaching and assessment to standards.Covering summative, formative, and differentiated assessments, this guide features templates for each step of the process-sample tasks, rubrics, and units-and a link to a companion website for further examples. From Standards to Rubrics in Six Steps has been updated to help teachers create more complex performance tasks, work in grade-level or vertical teams, and understand assessment for testing scenarios that involve technology. Burke shows you how to Apply the six-step process using the book's theory, examples, applications, and explanations Build your own tasks, checklists, and rubrics Differentiate for special needs within standards-linked tasksProvide good feedback and share checklists and rubrics with students for ongoing formative assessment and self-assessmentUsing these tools, teachers can measure student understanding in a meaningful way, track student progress toward meeting standards, and increase the academic performance of all students!