Grade Level Standards
by Sandy Porter
A Standards-Based Education System
Standards-based education is a process for planning, delivering, monitoring and improving academic programs in which clearly defined academic content standards provide the basis for content in instruction and assessment.
-Standards help ensure students learn what is important, rather than allowing textbooks to dictate classroom practice.
-Student learning is the focus - aiming for a high and deep level of student understanding that goes beyond traditional textbook-based or lesson-based instruction.
A standards-based system:
-measures its success based on student learning (the achievement of standards) rather than compliance with rules and regulations.
-aligns policies, initiatives, curriculum, instruction, and assessments with clearly defined academic standards.
-consistently communicates and uses standards to focus on ways to ensure success for all students.
