Standards Based Curriculum and Assessment for Teachers

We can even involve the students in the decision and development of projects and assignments to practice, develop, and achieve the standards. We can then involve the students in the standards language to clearly understand what is expected. The students can help develop the definitions for not meeting, minimally meeting, fully meeting and exceeding the standards for specific projects and assignments. The students then become actively engaged in the learning process and outcome.

Reporting tools can include student input as well as provincial standard assessments, teacher observation, and parent input, to give the most accurate evaluation of student achievement. The report card then becomes the recording of a collective agreement to the individual strengths and achievements of the students and of each child’s success at achieving the provincial standards or overall educational goals.

As we involve the students more and more in the educational process it is a positive thing that allows each student to be held more accountable for their own education.  In most cases, a student who is involved in some of the decision making they are more likely to be productive and excited about learning.

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