TITLE: A Comprehensive Guide to Designing Standards-based Districts,
Schools, and Classrooms
AUTHORS: Robert J. Marzano and John S. Kendall
DESCRIPTION: 8" x 10" book copublished by ASCD and McREL
(Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory). 293 pp.
AUDIENCE: districts, schools, or individual teachers who wish to organize
curriculum, instruction, and assessment around standards
CONTENT: This book grew out of McREL's work with scores of districts,
hundreds of schools, and thousands of teachers in designing school systems
organized around standards for education. Individual chapters deal with
basic
questions such as: Who will be involved in setting standards? What types
of
standards will we have? At what grade levels will they be written? Who will
be
held accountable and what will they be held accountable for? How will students
be
assessed on standards? How will students' progress on standards be reported?
To help answer these questions, sample report cards, teacher grade books,
performance assessment tasks, rubrics, and national efforts to design and
implement samples are provided. This book asks and answers all important
questions in enough detail to allow any district, school, or individual
teacher to
fully design and implement a standards-based system.
Also see The Status
of State Standards, an online excerpt.
STOCK NO.: 196215
ASCD MEMBER PRICE: $24.95
NONMEMBER PRICE: $29.95
ISBN: 0-87120-277-8
TO ORDER: Call 1-800-933-2723.
1. Why Do We Need Standards?
2. The Where, What, and Who of Standards
3. What Format Will We Use to State Our Benchmarks?
4. At What Levels Will Benchmarks Be Articulated?
5. Who Will Assess Students and How Will They Be Assessed?
6. How Will Student Progress Be Reported?
7. Who Will Be Held Accountable and For What Will They Be Held Accountable?
8. What Can I Do By Myself?
9. How Will It Look When We Are Done?
10. How Do We Proceed?
Appendixes:
A. Documents to Consult for Comprehensive Review of Subject Areas
B. Standards Setting: State by State
C. McREL Compendium Standards
D. Documents Used to Construct the McREL Database
E. Vignette Depicting One District's Efforts to Design Standards and Benchmarks
References
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