Making Standards Work: How to Implement Standards-Based Assessments in the Classroom, School, and District, Second Edition

States and districts are adopting new standards. Now what? The promise of the standards movement will accomplish nothing if it does not lead to changes in the classroom, school, and district. How do you transform these standards into reality? This book is a full-length manual that tells you how to implement standards-with a comprehensive step-by-step approach, extensive appendices, checklists, glossary, bibliography, and sample assignments and assessments. This book is the result of Dr. Reeves' work in small rural school districts, complex urban school districts, multifaceted school systems with more than ten million students, and hundreds of workshops and speaking engagements nationally.

Dr. Douglas B. Reeves is the Director of the Center for Performance AssessmentSM. He consults with school systems and universities throughout the world on issues relating to assessment, accountability, technology, and leadership. An innovator in the field of assessment and accountability systems, he is the author of six books and numerous articles. Dr. Reeves is in great demand as a speaker to educational, government, and business groups and has addressed audiences throughout the United States as well as in Asia, Africa, and Europe. As the "Test Doctor" of the Internet, he responds to questions from teachers, educational leaders, and students throughout the world as they seek information on the best practices in educational assessment, accountability, and leadership.

This book is the result of Dr. Reeves' work with literally hundreds of schools and thousands of teachers and administrators. Their questions and insistent demands to make performance assessment practical, relevant, and meaningful to the real world of today's students and educators form the foundation of this volume.