Chicago Public Schools

Standards-Based Curriculum Initiative

Office of Standards-Based Instruction

Sharon L. Ransom, Chief Officer

Chicago Public Schools

Standards-Based Curriculum Initiative

Identify and Plan AssessmentsHow will I know if students are learning?

What will they need to do to show mastery? What products will I collect?

Standards-Based InstructionWhat learning activities must I provide to ensure that all students show mastery?

Collect and Analyze Evidence of Student Mastery

Are the students learning? What have they mastered? What do I need to reteach?

Standards-Based CurriculumWhat do students need to know and be able to do? What do students need to learn?

Illinois Learning Standards

• Illinois Learning Standards are the same throughout Grades 1 – 12.

• Learning Benchmarks are indicated by developmental level.

• The Performance Descriptors help teachers align their curricula to the standards at each grade level.

Illinois State GoalsBroad statements of knowledge and/or skills that organize the subject matter of a learning area.

Illinois Learning StandardsSpecific statements of knowledge and/or skills within a goal. The standards define the learning needed to reach the goal. They represent the result of schooling and, as such, they are exit standards.

KEY TERMS

Learning BenchmarksLearning Benchmarks are progress indicators for gauging students’ achievement of each standard. They form the basis for measuring achievement over time.

Performance DescriptorsPerformance Descriptors are a supplement to – not a replacement for – Illinois Learning Standards. They are intended to help teachers align their curricula to the standards and help students meet performance expectations at 10 stages of educational development.

KEY TERMS

Chicago Public Schools

Standards-Based Curriculum Initiative

Identify and Plan AssessmentsHow will I know if students are learning?

What will they need to do to show mastery? What products will I collect?

Standards-Based InstructionWhat learning activities must I provide to ensure that all students show mastery?

Collect and Analyze Evidence of Student Mastery

Are the students learning? What have they mastered? What do I need to reteach?

Standards-Based CurriculumWhat do students need to know and be able to do? What do students need to learn?

Selecting Standards, Benchmarks,

and Performance Descriptors

Phase I

• Essential Standards, Benchmarks, and Performance Descriptors

• Mapping your Grade Level Plans

Phase II

Moving from Standards and Benchmarks to determining

Evidence of Student Mastery

• What does mastery look like at this grade level?

• What are the performance tasks?

• What are the performance criteria for mastery?

• How do I communicate this to my students?

Phase III

Designing Instruction

• Common Focus Skills

• Common Instructional Strategies

• Common Learning Activities

• Differentiating Instruction

• Flexible Grouping

• Instruction that includes multiple levels of understanding

Phase IV

Analyzing Classroom Assessment Data:

What can the data tell us?

• Analyzing student work, products, and performances for evidence of mastery • Analyzing individual student, classroom, and grade-level performance to inform instruction• Communicating results to students and parents

NOW THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!

• It changes the goal of my instruction.• It changes my expectations of students.• It changes how I plan instruction.• It changes how I measure students’ progress

toward mastery of content area knowledge and skills.

• It changes what I do with assessment results.• It changes how I communicate expectations to

students.

Chicago Public Schools

Standards-Based Curriculum Initiative

Identify and Plan AssessmentsHow will I know if students are learning?

What will they need to do to show mastery? What products will I collect?

Standards-Based InstructionWhat learning activities must I provide to ensure that all students show mastery?

Collect and Analyze Evidence of Student Mastery

Are the students learning? What have they mastered? What do I need to reteach?

Standards-Based CurriculumWhat do students need to know and be able to do? What do students need to learn?