A Handbook for Developing and Using Proficiency Scales in the Classroom

(A clear, practical handbook for creating and utilizing high-quality proficiency scales)

Jan K. Hoegh

• Publisher: Marzano Resources
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781943360277
• eBook ISBN: 9781943360284
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Teaching Methods

Discover a clear path for creating and utilizing high-quality proficiency scales. Through this practical handbook, you will gain access to a comprehensive toolkit of strategies, methods, and examples for a variety of content areas and grade levels. The author also outlines an array of accommodations and modifications to support students with disabilities, English learners, and gifted and talented students.

Benefits:

• Understand how to create and use proficiency scales to clearly frame classroom instruction and assessments.
• Learn how to write high-quality proficiency scales and review how to enrich student learning opportunities.
• Recognize the various ways teachers, students, and parents can use proficiency scales.
• Access rubrics, criteria checklists, and pacing guides that you can use in concert with proficiency scales to provide valuable feedback to students.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: The What and Why of Proficiency Scales
Chapter 2: Proficiency Scale Development
Chapter 3: Score 4.0—Complex Content
Chapter 4: The Use of Proficiency Scales in the Classroom
Chapter 5: Scales and Related Tools
Chapter 6: Using Scales With Exceptional Learners
Chapter 7: Scales for Behaviors That Promote Academic Success
Epilogue
Appendix A: Example Scales
Appendix B: Common Scale Templates With Examples
Appendix C: Scale Development Checklists
Appendix D: Score 4.0 Examples
Appendix E: Scales With Sample Assessments
References
Index

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• About the Authors
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The What and Why of Proficiency Scales
• Chapter 2: Proficiency Scale Development
• Chapter 3: Score 4.0: Complex Content
• Chapter 4: The Use of Proficiency Scales in the Classroom
• Chapter 5: Scales and Related Tools
• Chapter 6: The Use of Scales With Exceptional Learners
• Chapter 7: Scales for Behaviors That Promote Academic Success
• Epilogue
• Appendix A: Example Scales
• Appendix B: Common Scale Templates With Examples
• Appendix C: Scale Development Checklists
• Appendix D: Score 4.0 Examples
• Appendix E: Scales With Sample Assessments
• References
• Index