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How do the standards progress through the years?

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How do the standards progress through the years?

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A standards-based system measures each student against the concrete standard. Curriculum, assessments, and professional development are aligned to the standards.
As the years progress, so does the level of complexity of tasks and comprehension.

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What role will the standards play in your teaching?

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What role will the standards play in your teaching?

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Standards ensure better accountability – holding me as a teacher and my school responsible for what goes on in the classrooms. The practice of aligning learning to the standards also helps ensure that a higher level of learning is attained, guides teachers in the process of assessment and helps keep them on track.

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Effective collaborative groups accomplish goals

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Communication skills and interviewing techniques are required to gather information and to develop and deliver oral presentations

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Small and large group discussions rely on active listening and the effective contributions of all participants

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Successful group discussions require planning and participation by all

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Listening strategies are techniques that contribute to understanding different situations and serving different purposes

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Successful group activities need the cooperation of everyone

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Discussions contribute and expand on the ideas of self and others

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Verbal and nonverbal language is used to express and receive information