Handbook for Developing and Using Proficiency Scales in the Classroom, A (A clear, practical handbook for creating and utilizing high-quality proficiency scales)
Description:
Discover a clear path for creating and utilizing high-quality proficiency scales. Through this practical handbook, you will gain access to a comprehensive toolkit of strategies, methods, and examples for a variety of content areas and grade levels. The author also outlines an array of accommodations and modifications to support students with disabilities, English learners, and gifted and talented students.
Benefits:
- Understand how to create and use proficiency scales to clearly frame classroom instruction and assessments.
- Learn how to write high-quality proficiency scales and review how to enrich student learning opportunities.
- Recognize the various ways teachers, students, and parents can use proficiency scales.
- Access rubrics, criteria checklists, and pacing guides that you can use in concert with proficiency scales to provide valuable feedback to students.
Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: The What and Why of Proficiency Scales
Chapter 2: Developing Proficiency Scales
Chapter 3: Score 4.0 Complex Content
Chapter 4: Using Proficiency Scales in the Classroom
Chapter 5: Scales and Related Tools
Chapter 6: Using Scales With Exceptional Learners
Chapter 7: Scales for Behaviors That Promote Academic Success
Epilogue
Appendices