TARGETING+STANDARDS

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= EFFECTS OF QUALITY INSTRUCTION ON LEARNERS =

Research indicates that teachers hold great power over student achievement. Although the impact of school competes with the many faceted lives of our students, excellent instruction (of which assessment should be a part) influences achievement. This document addresses the specifics of that data



= TARGETING STANDARDS: BUILDING BALANCED ASSESSMENTS =  = = The quality of instruction and the ability of students to learn in the classroom and later transfer that learning to new situations increases when instruction and assessment are tightly connected. Though the new Common Core Standards are more fewer they are broader. Educators need to read the standards closely to identify the details of instruction that must be included at every grade; moreover, educators need to analyze the relationship of instruction and assessment to ensure the targets to which they teacher are indeed the targets of assessments. Without aligning instruction and assessment, students do not receive accurate feedback about their abilities and methods. 

= = = TEMPLATES FOR TARGETING READING STANDARDS = This document contains only the standards applicable to ELA literature grades K-12. The use of this document is to identify prerequisite skills for each grade level standard and target teaching objectives for knowledge, skills and cognitive reasoning for each grade level standard. = = = = This document contains only the standards applicable to ELA informational text grades K-12. The use of this document is to identify prerequisite skills for each grade level standard and target teaching objectives for knowledge, skills and cognitive reasoning for each grade level standard. = = This document contains only the standards applicable to CC literacy standards for History and Social Studies grades K-12. The use of this document is to identify prerequisite skills for each grade level standard and target teaching objectives for knowledge, skills and cognitive reasoning for each grade level standard. = = This document contains only the standards applicable to CC literacy standards for Science and Technical Subjects grades K-12. The use of this document is to identify prerequisite skills for each grade level standard and target teaching objectives for knowledge, skills and cognitive reasoning for each grade level standard.

= COMPLETED TARGETS: GRADES 5-8 = This is a work in progress, but began with a group of middle school teachers as we worked to target (deconstruct) the informational reading standards. As such, this is not provided as a complete or fully organized set of targets but as food for thought.

Once the standards are targeted, a grade by grade document lays out the "I can statements..." for students.



= TRANSFORMING LEARNING TARGETS INTO TEACHING QUESTIONS =

This document was created by Michigan English teacher, Robert Belpriz as a quick-reference guide for integrating the common core into 9-10 grade ELA classrooms.Consider developing a chart for your own classroom.