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Part II: Making Sense of Standards

•Content Standards

•Benchmarks

•Performance Indicators

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Standards-Based Education

“Our lives tell us that the world has become more complicated, and our children must be well-quipped with knowledge and skills to succeed in it. Right now, many are not prepared.” (National Center on Education and the Economy)

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Standards-Based Reform

• “Standards-based reform grew from the common sense notion that student effort and achievement are directly affected by the expectations we have of them…Research and experience show us that raising expectations - setting high standards - helps our children learn more.” (Making Sense of Standards)

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The Educational Technology Standards

Six Content Standards• Basic Operations and Concepts• Social, Ethical and Human Issues• Technology As a Tool for Productivity• Technology As a Tool for Communications• Technology As a Tool for Research• Technology As a Tool for Problem Solving and

Decision Making

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Content Standards

• Define WHAT every student should know, be able to do, and care about.

• Identify essential content

• Organize the instruction of Educational Technology tools and applications

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Benchmarks

• Describe more specifically the content of the standards within grade level clusters.

• Describe WHEN students can reasonably be expected to know a given content.

• Clustered to acknowledge different rates of learning, and to provide flexibility for curricular choice.

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Performance Indicators

• Are one element of the performance standards• Are organized by grade levels and linked to a

standard and benchmarks• Are descriptors of student learning toward a

standard• Describe what should be in student work• Reflect growing sophistication required in student

work and performance.

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Performance Standards

• Describe evidence of student learning required by the standard

• Include student work which contains evidence of performance indicators, and written commentary on the work.

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A National Perspective

• Standards are needed to produce technology-capable young people to be successful in an information-rich society

• Standards represent a shared vision of what all stakeholders can expect students to attain.

• Standards are necessary to promote high expectations for all students and to bridge the disparities that exist in educational opportunities.

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National Standards

From: National Educational Technology Standards for Student (ISTE)

1. Basic operations and concepts2. Social, ethical and human issues3. Technology productivity tools4. Technology communication tools5. Technology research tools6. Technology problem-solving and decision-

making tools