Exploring Standards

Analysis — Exploring Standards

In the current
era of school reform, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and the Common Core
State Standards (CCSS), what makes a school high performing? For a school to
move forward, according to Dr. Richard DuFour, every professional in the
building must engage with colleagues in the ongoing exploration of three
crucial questions:

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What do you want your
students to learn?

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How will you know when
each student has learned it?

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How will you respond
when students experience difficulty in learning?

In this
analysis assignment, you will explore the first question: What do you want your
students to learn? The answer comes from your State Board of Education and the
standards your state has adopted. Many states are implementing the national
Common Core State Standards, while others continue to use their own state
standards. Some states integrate the national and state standards and use both.
It is important that teachers are familiar with these standards, which measure
what students should know and be able to do.

Directions:

1.     
Create a 5- to 7-page
Word or text document (not including title and references pages) for your
response. Use APA format.

2.     
Create a title page
and references page in APA format.

3.     
Complete the
assignment by following the steps.

4.     
Follow the directions
to submit your final Word or text document.

Step 1: Write an introductory paragraph. Include a brief
description of your teaching situation or the one you will use for this
assignment.

Step 2: Locate the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and/or your
state or district learning standards online.

Step 3: Use student achievement data from your School Improvement
Plan, School Report Card, or other data sources to select a standard for your
grade level and content area that reflects your students’ strengths. Use data
to support your selection.

Step 4: Use student achievement data from your School Improvement
Plan, School Report Card, or other data sources to select a standard for your
grade level and content area that reflects an area in which your students need
to improve. Use data to support your selection.

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Record the standard
that reflects your students’ strengths. (Include the standard number.) What
data evidence supports your selection? Include a chart, table, or graph
illustrating your data evidence. Write one or two well-developed paragraphs.

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Describe how you feel
your teaching has led students to successful mastery of this standard. What
strategies do you use in teaching these topics or skills? Are the strategies
research-based? How do you know that your students have achieved mastery? Write
one or two well-developed paragraphs.

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Record the standard
that reflects an opportunity for your students’ improvement. (Include the
standard number.) What data evidence supports your selection? Include a chart,
table, or graph illustrating your data evidence. Write one or two
well-developed paragraphs.

·        
Describe the reasons
you feel your students have not achieved mastery of this standard. Write one or
two well-developed paragraphs.

·        
 Write a
concluding paragraph to sum up the key ideas of your paper.

-See below for additional information-

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Step 1: Teaching situation which will use for the assignment: 9th
grade Language Arts

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Step 2: See attached file (Language Arts Florida Standards)

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Step 3: Use student achievement data from your School Improvement
Plan, School Report Card, or other data sources to select a standard for your
grade level and content area that reflects your students’ strengths. Use data
to support your selection.

See pg. 64-Strand: Reading Standards for
Informational Text

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Step 4: Use student achievement data from your School Improvement
Plan, School Report Card, or other data sources to select a standard for your
grade level and content area that reflects an area in which your students need
to improve. Use data to support your selection.

                        See pgs. 64-65
Strand: Writing Standards

Access to school’s
report card:

https://edudata.fldoe.org/ReportCards/Schools.html

Reminder that the
situation being used is a high school classroom. Specifically, a 9th
grade Language Arts classroom.