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=Strategy 3: Standards=

Discussion Topics: 
 * 1) Page 64: Do you agree with the author's beliefs in regards to standards:
 * 2) "articulate key points along a curricular pathway"
 * 3) "identify the points where we should gather to collaborate and communicate what will come next"
 * 4) "articulate a shared language of the value of different levels of student work"
 * 5) Page 65: bottom of the page
 * 6) "The leverage advantage of standards will only be realized if students -- not only teachers -- are empowered to use standards to guide their efforts"
 * 7) Pages 68-69: Standards' Transformational Power: transactional v. empowering of teachers/students
 * 8) Page 69: Using grades to guide student behaviors
 * 9) "Do you know what this is going to do my grade point average?"
 * 10) "Then why do we have to do this?"
 * 11) Page 69: Performance v. Learning Environments
 * 12) Page 73: Difference between activity and goal
 * 13) Page 74: The Role of Rubrics in Quantitative v. Quality Concerns
 * 14) Page 81: Empowering students to utilize standards
 * 15) Page 82: Four levels of formative assessments
 * 16) Page 87: Doing Less v Doing More