EDU 513: Standards-Based Instruction and Assessment

Discussions (Weeks 1-8)

25%

Blogs (Week 1-8)

25%

Assignments (Weeks 1-7)

25%

Final Project (Week 8)

25%

Total

100%

Week

SLOs

Readings and Exercises

Assignments

1

1,2

Topic: Engaging in Standards-Based Learning: Educational Theory and Empirical Evidence

• Read and Review:
  
  • Read The Standards-Based Classroom: Making Learning the Goal (Rinkema & Williams, 2018) Introduction and p.11-12
  • Read Assessing Learning in the Standards-Based Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers (Hoegh et al., 2023) Introduction
  • Read Lessons of Mastery Learning(Guskey,  2010)
  • Read Standards-Based Grading: Core Principles and Current Implementation
  • View Standards-Based and Competencies-Based Learning, and Mastery Learning [YouTube video] (Tokuhama-Espinosa, 2020)
  • View What is standards-based learning?[YouTube video] (Hamby, 2022)
  • View The Standards-Based Classroom: Making Learning the Goal (Rinkema & Williams, 2018) Figure 7.4 “Example of the Tiles Strategy.”

• Read  and review assigned material
• Review the lecture material
• Participate in Discussion Board
• Participate in Blog/Vlog
• Submit Assignment - Defending the Use of Standards-Based Learning in Professional Practice

2

2,3

Topics: Articulating Desired Results

• Read and Review:
  
  • Read The Standards-Based Classroom: Making Learning the Goal (Rinkema & Williams, 2018) Ch. 1, 2, & 3
  • Read Knowing Your Learning Target (Moss et al.,  2011)
  • Read Learning Targets on Parade (Brookhart & Moss, 2014)
  • View Targets and Standards [YouTube video] (Mancini-Marshall, 2018)

• Read and review assigned material
• Review the lecture material
• Participate in Discussion Board
• Participate in Blog/Vlog
• Submit Assignment - Articulating K-U-Ds & Learning Scales for My Teaching Context

3

2,3,5

Topics: Developing Targeted Assessments

• Read and Review:
  
  • Read The Standards-Based Classroom: Making Learning the Goal (Rinkema & Williams, 2018) p. 53-55 and Ch. 5 & 6
  • Read Assessing Learning in the Standards-Based Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers (Hoegh et al., 2023) Ch.1
  • Read Formative and Summative Assessment in the Classroom (Dixson & Worrell,  2016)
  • Read Working toward integrated practice: Understanding the interactionamong formative assessment strategies (Lyon et al.,  2018)
  • View Formative and Summative Assessment [YouTube video] (Wormeli, 2010)

• Read and review assigned material
• Review the lecture material
• Participate in Discussion Board
• Participate in Blog/Vlog
• Submit Assignment - Developing Formative & Summative Assessments for My Teaching Context

4

2,3

Topics: Designing Effective Instruction

• Read and Review:
  
  • Read The Standards-Based Classroom: Making Learning the Goal (Rinkema & Williams, 2018) p. 85-87 and Ch. 7
  • Read Assessing Learning in the Standards-Based Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers (Hoegh et al., 2023) Ch. 2
  • Read Getting Students Comfortable with Critical Thinking (Goodwin,  2022)
  • Read Having Big Conversations with Little Learners (Orr,  2021)
  • Read Thirty-Five Years of the GradualRelease of Responsibility:Scaffolding Toward Complexand Responsive Teaching (Webb et al.,  2019)
  • View Austin's Butterfly: Models, Critique, and Descriptive Feedback [Youtube Video] (Berger, 2016)
  • Review The Standards-Based Classroom: Making Learning the Goal (Rinkema & Williams, 2018) Figure 7.1 “The Big Blue Head.”

• Read and review assigned material
• Review the lecture material
• Participate in Discussion Board
• Participate in Blog/Vlog
• Submit Assignment - Applying Instructional Strategies to My Teaching Context

5

2,3,4

Topics: Creating Performance Based Learning & Assessment Tasks & Offering Feedback through Rubrics

• Read and Review:
  
  • Read Assessing Learning in the Standards-Based Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers (Hoegh et al., 2023) Ch.7
  • Read How to Provide Better Feedback through Rubrics (McTighe & Frontier, 2022)
  • Read Engaging, Motivating, and Supporting Students through Feedback (Duckor & Holmberg, 2024)
  • Read Performance Assessment: A Guide to the Vocabulary (Education Week, 2019)
  • Read Key Lessons from Research About Project Based Teaching and Learning (Saavedra & Rapaport, 2024)
  • Read Three Key Questions on Measuring Learning (McTighe, 2018)
  • Read Mission Possible: Measuring Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: To gauge complex skills, a Virginia district has worked to hone a series of performance assessments (Wren & Cashwell, 2018)
  • View Performance-Based Assessment: Making Math Relevant (Edutopia, 2015)

• Read and review assigned material
• Review the lecture material
• Participate in Discussion Board
• Participate in Blog/Vlog
• Submit Assignment - Creating a Performance Based Task & Rubric(s) for My Teaching Context

6

2,3

Topics: Addressing the Needs of Diverse Learners

• Read and Review:
  
  • Read The Standards-Based Classroom: Making Learning the Goal (Rinkema & Williams, 2018) Ch. 4 & 8
  • Read Using Project-Based Learning to Build College and Career ReadinessAmong Diverse Learners (Mulcahy & Wertz, 2021)
  • ReadGrading and Reporting in aStandards-Based Environment:Implications for Students With Special Needs (Guskey & Jung, 2009)
  • ViewInstructional Differentiation - Ask an Educator(Educational Partners International, 2021)
  • View Standards-Based Instruction for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities [Youtube Video] (Bowman & Taub, 2022)

• Read and review assigned material
• Review the lecture material
• Participate in Discussion Board
• Participate in Blog/Vlog
• Submit Assignment - Supporting Diverse Learners in a Standards Based Classroom

7

3,5,6

Topics: Monitoring Progress and Communicating Learning 

• Read and Review:
  
  • Read The Standards-Based Classroom: Making Learning the Goal (Rinkema & Williams, 2018) p. 117-118 and Ch. 9 & 10
  • Read Assessing Learning in the Standards-Based Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers (Hoegh et al., 2023) Ch. 6
  • Read Keeping the Destination in Mind(Lalor,  2012)
  • Read Is standards-based grading effective? (Link & Guskey, 2022)
  • Read How Teachers Use Data: Description and Differences Across PreK Through Third Grade (Witte et al., 2025)
  • View 12:21- 51:30 of Ken O'Connor: How to Grade for Learning Webinar [Youtube Video] (O’Connor, 2018)

• Read and view assigned material
• Review the lecture material
• Participate in Discussion Board
• Participate in Blog/Vlog
• Submit Assignment - Developing a Strategic Plan for Implementing Standards-Based Grading and Reporting in My Teaching Context

8

1-6

Topics: Putting It All Together: A Comprehensive Standards-Based Curriculum Unit

• Read and Review:
  
  • Read The Standards-Based Classroom: Making Learning the Goal (Rinkema & Williams, 2018) Conclusion
  • Read Assessing Learning in the Standards-Based Classroom: A Practical Guide for Teachers (Hoegh et al., 2023) Ch. 4 & Epilogue
  • Read Classroometrics: The Validity, Reliability, and Fairness of Classroom Music Assessments (Wesolowski, 2020)
  • ViewRobert Duke: Why students don't learn what we think we teach

    [Youtube Video] (Duke, 2009)

  • Review Tile Exercise- Ch 7 (Rinkema) Fig. 7.4 from Lesson 1
    
    

• Read and view assigned material
• Review the lecture material
• Participate in Discussion Board
• Participate in Blog/Vlog
• Submit Final Project - Putting It All Together: A Comprehensive Standards-Based Curriculum Unit
• Complete Course Evaluation