From Standards to Rubrics in Six Steps

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<p><br/><br/>"A wonderfully practical book that contains real examples from real teachers, helpful checklists, and rubrics. I particularly like the application and reflection pages."<br/>—Julie Davis, Executive Director, The Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators</p><p></p><p>"From Standards to Rubrics in Six Steps outlines an easy-to-follow process for designing and organizing standards-based instruction that engages students in performance-based learning. Kay Burke effectively shows teachers how to use checklists and rubrics to put students in the driver′s seat of their own assessment for learning."<br/>—Nancy Larimer, Professional Learning Supervisor, Cobb County School District, Marietta, GA</p><p>Practical tools for translating standards to rubrics and ensuring high student achievement!<br/><br/>In this new edition of her best-selling, comprehensive guide, internationally recognized assessment expert Kay Burke provides educators with a six-step process that makes it easier than ever to link teaching and assessment to standards.</p><p>Covering summative, formative, and differentiated assessments, this guide features templates for each step of the process—sample tasks, rubrics, and units—and a link to a companion website for further examples. From Standards to Rubrics in Six Steps has been updated to help teachers create more complex performance tasks, work in grade-level or vertical teams, and understand assessment for testing scenarios that involve technology. Burke shows you how to </p>Apply the six-step process using the book′s theory, examples, applications, and explanations Build your own tasks, checklists, and rubrics Differentiate for special needs within standards-linked tasksProvide good feedback and share checklists and rubrics with students for ongoing formative assessment and self-assessment<p></p><p>Using these tools, teachers can measure student understanding in a meaningful way, track student progress toward meeting standards, and increase the academic performance of all students!</p><p></p>