{"product_id":"9781412955713","title":"Understanding Standards-Based Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Just what the educational doctor ordered. Written in an easy-to-understand format, this guide contains excellent explanations and valuable models, guidelines, checklists, unit designs, and lesson designs to help teachers implement standards-based education in their classrooms.\" -Vaughn G. Rhudy, Teacher Shady Spring High School, WV  \"Zagranski, Whigham, and Dardenne tame the beast of accountability for principals, teachers, and parents by articulately defining what is really expected. A real guide for demystifying the complex world of standards-based education.\" -Erica Ann Faginski, Principal Michael E. Smith Middle School, South Hadley, MA  Transforming your curriculum into a standards-based model: What every educator needs to know!   This comprehensive handbook offers a data-driven curriculum design process to help educators meet today's standards of performance and assessment. Based on decades of hands-on experience, Richard Zagranski, William T. Whigham, and Patrice L. Dardenne provide a clear set of expectations and responsibilities for stakeholders at all three levels of the educational pyramid: teachers, teacher leaders\/coordinators, and administrators. Their user-friendly approach, which both incorporates and looks beyond NCLB, shows readers how to take a standard, transform it into a performance objective, and design a corresponding assessment piece. The text includes:     Standards-based guidelines and action plans  Ready-to-use charts, rubrics, and templates  Real-world examples and assessment methods  Step-by-step instructions to ensure sustainability Chapter summaries and a glossary for easy reference  Understanding Standards-Based Education leads educators through a well-defined course of curriculum revision and presents all participants with specific, need-to-know information for accomplishing mandated goals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CORWIN PRESS INC.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43415100948525,"sku":"9781412955713","price":169.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1298\/2317\/files\/9781412955713.jpg?v=1782633819","url":"https:\/\/lioncrest.com.au\/products\/9781412955713","provider":"Woodslane Education","version":"1.0","type":"link"}