ACCEL Teacher Resource Hub - A Standards-based Classroom

Standards-based means that every teacher in every classroom, every day, through a continuous teaching/learning cycle, ensures students learn all standards and associated concepts and skills to mastery. Through strategic instructional planning and intentional grading practices, a standards-based system aims to answer four questions:

1. What do students need to know, understand, and be able to do?

2. How do we teach effectively to ensure all students are learning?

3. How do we know students are learning?

4. What action steps occur when students are not learning or are reaching mastery expectations?

Essential Components

A true standards-based model is a continuous process of teaching/learning. Student achievement is regularly measured through various formats and assessment practices, and students are provided multiple learning opportunities until they reach mastery.

Learning Targets and Performance Scales

Learning targets for the standards are mastery goals students are expected to attain by the end of the year. These targets are intended to serve as a communication tool that outlines (in student-facing terms) the criteria for student success.

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