• standards set clear and measurable goals.

• student learning becomes transparent.

• the focus is placed on learning.

• learners evolve into confident, reflective, and self-aware students.

• classrooms become student-centered and rich with vulnerability and risk-taking.

• classrooms change from a culture of compliance to a culture of learning.

(Chalk.com Education Inc., 2020; Heflebower et al., 2014; Heflebower et al., 2019; Stalets, M., 2018)