UNPACKING STANDARDSA Summary of Material from Leading a Team to Unpacking Standards from

Georgia’s Leadership Institute for School Improvement

THE THREE STAGES

Identifying Desired Results – Break down standard to smaller pieces of learning

Assessment – Determine how to assess what students know and how well they do Have students met the desired results?

Instructional Design – Specify amount of time and allows for sequencing and prioritizing of learning

STEPS TO IDENTIFYING DESIRED RESULTS Identify the Big Idea Identify the Enduring Understanding Identify the Essential and Key Questions Identify the Knowledge and Skills

IDENTIFYING THE BIG IDEA

What student should know and be able to do to master the standard

Organize learning into smaller pieces to organize the general content

Guide teacher and student to discover what is essential and universal

IDENTIFYING THE BIG IDEA

Types of learning include Major Concepts Themes Issues Processes Assumptions Perspectives

These are connected and should be fully understood

IDENTIFYING ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS A declaration or

generalization specifying what students should understand about the Big Idea Generalization = “Moral of

the Story” Helps to understand the

complexity of standard Defines what you should

remember in the long term

WRITING ESSENTIAL AND KEY QUESTIONS Forms structure for content Gives cues about how to inquire into essential

meanings and understanding

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Broader questions that address the standard Spark inquiry and spur discussion Should spur more Key Questions Open-ended questions

KEY QUESTIONS

Address each of the elements of the unit Provide essential understanding in form of

questions to be answered Sequenced so the learning flows

IDENTIFYING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Knowledge – what students should know once

they have mastered standard Definitions, Formulas, Rules, Principles, Sequence and

Timelines, Critical Details, Key Facts, Events, Concepts

Skills – what students should be able to do Actions, Procedures, Thinking Skills, Research,

Interpersonal/Group Skills, Study Skills, Psychomotor Skills, Basic Skills

TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS

Selected Response Assessments Constructed Response Assessments Performance Response Assessments Informal Response Assessments

SELECTED RESPONSE -- TRUE/FALSE & MULITPLE CHOICE

Most Common Best for Assessing Breath of Information Recall and Recognition – ability to apply knowledge or

understanding of concepts and sequencing items Typically Written Format Students Need Good Reading Ability Can be Administered to a Large Group Easy to Score Definate Right and Wrong Can be Scored Automatically

CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE – FILL-IN-THE-BLANK & ESSAY Short Constructed Response Items Student Generated Responses Quick to Administer and Grade Efficiently Uses to Assess Content

Understanding

PERFROMANCE ASSESSMENT – PRESENTATION & RHYTHM MOVEMENT

Requires Student to Apply Learning to Task or Situation

Demonstration of Knowledge Expected Vary in Complexity, Time Required for

Completion, and Scope of Content Tasks Must be Meaningful & Relevant Must Use Knowledge & Skills being Learned Great Opportunity for Motivation and Innovation Adaptations & Accomodations Easy to Apply

INFORMAL ASSESSMENT – QUESTIONING & INTERVIEW Occur in Every

Classroom, Every Day Teacher-to-Student or

Student-to-Student May Have Specific &

Precise Criteria Includes Self-

Assessment and Self-Reflection

DESIGNING INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS Key Design Question:

What learning experiences and teaching promote understanding, interest, and excellence?

Design Considerations: Research-based learning tools and teaching strategies

Design Criteria: Where is it going? Hook, Explore & Equip, Rethink & Revise, Exhibit & Evaluate

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