Product Description
by Jan K. Hoegh (Author)
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: Proficiency Scale Development
Chapter 3: Score 4.0--Complex Content
Chapter 4: The Use of 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
Appendix A: Example Scales
Appendix B: Common Scale Templates With Examples
Appendix C: Scale Development Checklists
Appendix D: Score 4.0 Examples
Appendix E: Scales With Sample Assessments
References
Index
