Standards-based learning differs from traditional learning by ...

• traditional learning teachers design lessons to present content to students they expect them to learn, and standards-based learning teachers design lessons to teach and assess the content by standards.

• traditional learning focuses on the teacher, standards-based learning focuses on student learning.

• traditional learning emphasizes performance and work and is productivity-driven whereas standards-based learning emphasizes what students know and how they use that knowledge.

(Heflebower et al., 2019)