The Authentic Standards-based Environment: A Systematic Approach to Learning Targets, Assessment, and Data

Why are standards so important, and how do they improve student learning? In The Authentic Standards-Based Environment: A Systematic Approach to Learning Targets, Assessment, and Data, Eileen Depka dives into standards-based student learning with a simple, easy-to-use approach to unpacking standards, developing learning targets, and designing rubrics and assessments. Using data-driven methods and clear examples, this book makes a standards-based process manageable.

• Learn to unpack standards and understand the components and expectations rooted in them
• Understand how to design standards-based learning targets that directly connect to each component of the standard
• Design individual and common assessments that link with the rigor and expectations of the standard
• Report data and design a scope and sequence that will guide next steps
• Discover how to implement a standards-based system school- or districtwide

Eileen Depka, PhD, has a background in assessment, common assessment design, rubric development, standards-based assessment, question design, classroom questioning practices, positive practices in grading and reporting, and the implementation of standards-based grading and reporting. She is the author of many books, including Bringing Homework Into Focus, Using Formative Assessment in the RTI Framework, Designing Rubrics for Mathematics, Designing Assessment for Mathematics, and The Data Guidebook for Teachers and Leaders.
Eileen has supervised and coordinated curriculum, instruction, assessment, special education, educational technology, and continuous improvement efforts. She has taught all subjects at the elementary and middle school levels, as well as graduate-level courses. She provides professional development for K–12 and undergraduate educators and, as a consultant, has worked across the United States, focusing on creating engaging workshops tailored to meet a school’s and district’s individual needs. She is passionate about student achievement and believes that all students can find academic success. Her goal is to work with teachers and administrators to collectively increase expertise and add to strategy banks used in schools to increase student performance.
Eileen earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary- and middle-level education from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and she earned her master’s and doctorate degrees from Cardinal Stritch University.
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