Standards Based[2]

Standards-based instruction focuses on content and performance standards that define what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. Content standards provide broad statements about skills, while performance standards provide specific grade-level expectations and examples. In a standards-based classroom, essential questions are posed related to the standards, a variety of resources are used by both teachers and students, and students are actively engaged in performance tasks directly linked to real-world applications of the standards. Standards-based instruction changes assessment practices to be more authentic and uses assessments to guide lesson planning and differentiate instruction. High-achieving schools that implement standards-based instruction have attributes like high expectations, personalized learning, respect and responsibility, collaboration time, performance-