How many times have you had to wait for others to learn something before you could move to new learning OR simply needed more time but felt the pressure to move on with the rest of the group?
In a Standards-Driven school, students are supported to move along at a challenging pace but at a pace that reflects their individual academic needs. The Re-Inventing Schools Coalition (RISC), an educational non-profit organization, explains this educational focus as an “innovative thinking and teaching through relevant standards, effective balanced instruction, aligned assessments, and meaningful reporting.” Standards-Driven Education aligns all of our resources for learning and standards to be the constant making time the variable.
The expectations for how standards are met are explained in a rubric format. These standards and rubrics are available online and are accessible by students in every classroom. Students in this model learn how to take responsibility for themselves as learners and become accountable for their personal academic growth.
These standards continue to be revised and improved in three-year cycles that reflect the vision, content areas, state standards, and national standards.