This set includes:

• Making Standards Work, Third Edition

  Standards are the foundation of our educational systems today.  Fairness, rigor, and high achievement for all students are the focus of standards-based schools.  Yet the standards movement means nothing if it does not improve student achievement in the classroom.  In this revised edition, Dr. Reeves provides step-by-step guidance on how to design and implement standards-based performance assessments to make improved teaching and learning a reality in the classroom.

• “Unwrapping” the Standards

  “Unwrapping” the academic content standards is a technique to help educators identify from the full text of the standards exactly what they need to teach their students. “Unwrapped” standards provide clarity as to what students must know and be able to do.  When teachers take the time to analyze each standard to identify its essential concepts and skills, the result is more effective instructional planning, assessment, and student learning.  From the “unwrapped” concepts and skills, educators next determine the “Big Ideas,” or learning goals, they want their students to remember long after instruction ends, and then write “Essential Questions” to guide their students toward the attainment of these Big Ideas.

• Power Standards

  Power Standards is a step-by-step, practical manual that explains how educators can distinguish the Power Standards—standards that are absolutely essential for student success—from those that are “nice to know.”

• Rigorous Curriculum Design: How to Create Curricular Units of Study that Align Standards, Instruction, and Assessment

  Rigorous Curriculum Design presents a carefully sequenced, hands-on model that curriculum designers and educators in every school system can follow to create a progression of units of study that keep standards, instruction, and assessment tightly focused and connected.

• Standards and Assessment: The Core of Quality Instruction

  When it comes to standards and assessment, educators and researchers tend to have differing opinions on what works for all students, but they will agree on one thing—standards and assessment are the core of quality instructional practices. This anthology includes research and advice from industry experts on various topics that include performance assessment, frequent assessment in math and science, assessing 21st-century learners, effective grading practices, and scoring student work collaboratively, among others. All of the topics in this book are tied to the Common Core State Standards and all will leave the reader with strategies and concepts that will help all students succeed.

• Standards, Assessment, & Accountability—Real Questions from Educators with Real Answers

  Standards, Assessment, & Accountability—Real Questions from Educators with Real Answers from Douglas B. Reeves, Ph.D. is about teaching the teacher through responses to today’s tough educational questions.  Using a question and answer format, Douglas B. Reeves, Ph.D., focuses on what to teach, how to teach, and how to meet the needs of all students.

• The Leader’s Guide to Standards

  In today’s school environment educational leaders are mandated to use academic standards to measure the progress of their school's teachers and students.  Despite the wealth of material that addresses the topic of academic standards there is little written for those who must lead the effort to put in place an effective standards system.  The Leader’s Guide to Standards is a landmark book—written by Douglas Reeves, an expert in academic standards, performance assessment, and accountability—that shows school principals, assistant principals, teachers, and district-level administrators how to build a comprehensive accountability system for standards-based reform that focuses on leadership skills.  Reeves offers practical recommendations for assessing and nurturing teacher performance, setting up balanced assessment and accountability policies, and making the case for standards to the public.  In addition, the book addresses the vital role that policymakers from the local school board to state and national leaders play in the successful implementation of educational standards.