- There are many issues surrounding inclusive accountability, assessment systems, and standards.
- Standards-based education continues to top the list of reforms sweeping the nation.
- The accountability system itself is under constant scrutiny. There is a constant review of inputs and processes that make up the accountability system.
- Standards-based education is about all students, high expectations, and providing multiple opportunities to learn.
- Differentiated instruction that reflects the needs of learners on the standards is the backbone of meeting the needs of all students, including students with disabilities.
- It is important that teachers incorporate correctives and extensions for students in order to meet the needs of all students.
- It is estimated that 85% of students with disabilities are able to participate in the typical district or state assessment.
- Effective educators announce upfront the standards, goals, and proficiency requirements-at the start of each semester, lesson, and unit of instruction-and they reinforce them throughout instruction.
- Students are given opportunities to revise, review, and debate work over the course of days or unit of instruction.
- Student assignments reflect the depth and breadth of skills being taught.
- Teachers in standards-based classrooms understand the instruction-assessment cycle.
- Effective instruction and assessment is the foundation for a standards-based learning environment.
- A student's IEP reflects the standards being worked toward by other students as well as individual areas in need of further development.
- Backmapping means that teachers begin to think like assessors.
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