1. Planning Standards-Based Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction for Every Student and Student Group

Planning matters. Successful schools set clear and high expectations. Inside classrooms, Different Ways of Knowing brings standards to life with strategies and tools for effective planning routines.

• Understanding the Different Ways of Knowing distinction of standards-based teaching and learning
• Bundling standards in and across subjects linked to big ideas
• Planning backwards from learning goals and assessments to instruction
• Planning with and adapting Different Ways of Knowing exemplary lessons and units of study
• Using ongoing assessments as a regular part of teaching and learning to inform practice
• Planning based on standards-based models of student work and assessment criteria to produce and review student work