Can You Name It: All that jargon you need to know...
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This is the notation that will NO LONGER be used to show that a student did not complete an assignment.
What is a zero?
100
These are the sets of standards that we use for our given subject areas.
What are Common Core, AERO, NGSS?
100
By creating learning habits, the AISC Middle School is separating academic achievement from this factor.
What is behavior?
100
This consistent practice allows teachers to communicate ways that students can improve.
What is feedback?
100
This kind of assessment happens throughout a unit and is meant to inform instruction and help students build towards mastery.
What is "formative assessment?"
200
These are two traditional grading notations that middle students at AISC will not see.
What are letters and numbers?
200
When you do this with a standard, you analyze its wording for verbs, adjectives, and content to determine what a student should be able to do.
What is “unpacking”?
200
This learning habit provides students with information about their commitment to thoughtful self-assessment and continual improvement.
What is “A Growth Mindset?”
200
This instructional practice honors the fact that each of us learns at a different pace.
What are "redos"?
200
This is the term for the degree to which a student meets or does not meet a given standard.
What are "performance indicators"?
300
This is the portion of the report card where teachers will communicate information about a student’s time management, organizational skills and attitude.
What is “Learning Habits?”
300
When a curriculum has a set of assessment and learning activities that match a given set of standards, it is consider to be this.
What is "aligned"?
300
This learning habit provides students with information about how actively they participate in learning activities, and communicate their thinking.
What is “Engagement?”
300
Teachers who provide this instructional support (for major formative and all summative assessments) help student to understand what they will need to know and be able to do.
What is a rubric or scoring guide?
300
On a rubric, these is what goes on the LEFT side of the table.
What are standards or criteria?
400
This mathematical system should NOT be used to determine what is communicated on the trimester and year report card.
What is an average?
400
These are a set of over-arching “umbrella” standards that connect with each content standard; students progress on each is measured by trimesters and years.
What are "reporting standards"?
400
This learning habit provides students with feedback about showing respect and compassion in the classroom.
What is “Collaboration?”
400
This is Stage 2 of the UbD Process.
What is “Developing Assessment?”
400
These are the over-arching standards that will be used to reflect a student's growth over time.
What are "reporting standards?"
500
These are the four performance indicators that we will choose from to reflect how well a student has met (or has yet to meet) a given standards.
What is Emerging, Developing, Approaching, Meeting?
500
You use this tool to help you keep track of how your assessments are aligned to your standards.
What is Atlas Rubicon?
500
When teachers are providing students information about their mastery of the learning habits, they use this marker, or framework, to gauge progress.
What is time, or frequency?
500
Instead of judging students against each other (norm-referencing) standards-based grading and assessment uses this system to provide information to student, parents and others about a student’s growth.
What is criteria or criterion-based assessment?
500
These are the Big Ideas of your unit; they are a fundamental step in the UbD process.
What are Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions?