Ainsworth, Larry
Description
Too many standards, too little time! What's the solution? Priority Standards! If you or your colleagues are feeling overwhelmed by the number and rigo
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r of the Common Core State Standards--or any state-specific version of these standards--then this book will provide you with a practical and proven method to help you successfully meet this challenge.
In this newly republished version with a new title, Prioritizing Common Core State Standards offers common sense solutions and proven criteria for prioritizing--not eliminating--the standards in each grade level and course. Priority Standards are the carefully selected rigorous standards that need in-depth focus in both instruction and assessment. Supporting standards (those not identified as priorities) become the instructional scaffolds to help students understand and attain the more rigorous and comprehensive Priority Standards. They are taught within the context of the Priority Standards, but do not receive the same degree of emphasis in instruction and assessment as do the Priority Standards.
Among the many benefits you'll gain from these pages include: The rationale--why there is a definite need to prioritize the standards The step-by-step process explaining how to prioritize and vertically align, K-12, the English language arts and math standards (a process applicable to all other content area standards also) Practical strategies to ensure that all teachers have a voice in the decision-making process Narrative summaries, authored by district leaders from six different states, describing how their school district educators prioritized and vertically aligned the Common Core State Standards. The power of prioritizing standards, proven by educators and leaders in school systems across North America over the last 22 years, lies in the doing, in the experience of the process. As you read the chapters and then fully engage in this procedure, you will discover for yourself the truth of these words.
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