Standards-Based Instruction
Differentiating With Response to Intervention
2 Instructing With Proficiency Scales
Administering the Preassessment
Introducing the Proficiency Scale
Beginning Content Instruction
Developing Proficiency
Moving Past Proficiency
Summary
3 Setting Goals and Tracking Progress
Setting Goals
Tracking Progress
Celebrating Success Toward Goals
Summary
4 Administering Quality Classroom Assessments and Figuring Grades
Understanding the Types of Assessment
Scoring Assessments
Figuring Grades
Summary
5 Teaching Exceptional Students
Linking Standards-Based Learning and Multitiered Systems of Support
Using Proficiency Scales With Exceptional Learners
Assigning Grades to Exceptional Students
Using Standards-Based Learning in Special Classes
Summary
The Message
Parent Communication
Report Cards
Technology and Grade Communication
Summary
Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions
Procedure and Policy
Priority Standards and Proficiency Scales
Assessment
Grading in a Standards-Based Classroom
Appendix B: Creation of an Elementary Unit Plan
About the Authors
Tammy Heflebower, EdD, is a highly sought-after school leader and consultant with vast experience in urban, rural, and suburban districts throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, and the Netherlands. Dr. Heflebower has served as an award-winning classroom teacher, building leader, district leader, regional professional development director, and national and international trainer. She has also been an adjunct professor of curriculum, instruction, and assessment at several universities, and a prominent member and leader of numerous statewide and national educational organizations. Dr. Heflebower was the vice president and then senior scholar at Marzano Research prior to becoming the CEO of her own company, !nspire Inc: Education and Business Solutions. She also specializes in powerful presentation and facilitation techniques—writing and sharing them worldwide.
Dr. Heflebower is widely published. She is lead author of the award-winning book A School Leader’s Guide to Standards-Based Grading and is coauthor of Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools: The Next Step in PLCs and Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills. She is a contributor to A Handbook for High Reliability Schools: The Next Step in School Reform, Becoming a Reflective Teacher, Coaching Classroom Instruction, The Highly Engaged Classroom, The Principal as Assessment Leader, The Teacher as Assessment Leader, and Using Common Core Standards to Enhance Classroom Instruction & Assessment. Her articles have been featured in Kappan, Educational Leadership, Diversity Journal, Education Week blog, and the Nebraska Council of School Administrators Today.
Dr. Heflebower holds a bachelor of arts from Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska, where she was honored as an Outstanding Young Alumna and her team was inducted into the hall of fame. She has a master of arts from the University of Nebraska Omaha. She also earned an educational administrative endorsement and a doctor of education in educational administration from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Jan K. Hoegh has been an educator for thirty-plus years and an author and associate for Marzano Research since 2010. Prior to joining the Marzano team, she was a classroom teacher, building-level leader, professional development specialist, assistant high school principal, curriculum coordinator, and most recently assistant director of statewide assessment for the Nebraska Department of Education, where her primary focus was Nebraska State Accountability test development. Hoegh has served on a variety of statewide and national standards and assessment committees and has presented at numerous conferences around the world.
As an associate with Marzano Research, Hoegh works with educators around the world as they strive to improve student achievement. Her passion for education, combined with extensive knowledge of curriculum, instruction, and assessment, provides credible support for teachers, leaders, schools, and districts. A primary training focus for Hoegh is high-quality classroom assessment and grading practices. She is a coauthor of the books Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools and A School Leader’s Guide to Standards-Based Grading, as well as other publications.
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