Standards-Based Instruction
Thompson School district is committed to providing an accurate picture and communicate your student’s growth and your student’s achievement by giving clear, specific feedback on their growth toward the mastery of grade level content and standards.
The Common Core Standards are like a warehouse, chock-full of the very best basic ingredients for a well-rounded, good-tasting, healthy diet. How schools and teachers use these basic ingredients (core standards) is up to them. They can use any recipes they want to cook up good, nutritious meals (lessons). Common Core is just the place where they find the basic foods, essential vitamins, minerals, sugar, and spice (common core standards) they need to prepare the meals (learning) on which students will thrive.
The standards set up a coherent progression of skills and knowledge that students should learn as they move through school. Concepts build naturally on skills and learning mastered in class the previous year. For instance, kindergarteners will work on recognizing the shape and sounds of letters, while eighth graders will work on building vocabulary and reading fluency. One skill will build upon another in a logical, sequential pattern based on research connected with learning readiness and common sense.
College, Career and Community Ready
Core Values: |
Greater Emphasis: |
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Level of instruction | Shift in student owndership of learning |
Strong student learning objectives | Increase in student self-advocacy |
Standards being taught | More authentic measures of learning |
Grade Point Average | Focused feedback on student's achievement |
Recognition of excellence | Reporting academic achievement independently from your student's work habits |
High academic expectations | |
21st century skills | |
Self-motivation and competiveness | |
Critical thinking and problem solving |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
FAQ
- Q. Why a Standards-Based Scoring system?
- Q. Will we still have GPA?
- Q. Will we still have awards?
- Q. I’m getting failing assignment notifications, what do I do?
- Q. What are the benefits of Standards-Based Scoring?
- Q. What happens as my student moves on to higher education?
Q. Why a Standards-Based Scoring system?
Q. Will we still have GPA?
Q. Will we still have awards?
Q. I’m getting failing assignment notifications, what do I do?
Q. What are the benefits of Standards-Based Scoring?
Q. What happens as my student moves on to higher education?
Below are some additional resources to help you learn more about the standards and their impact.
Common Core State Standards
English Language Arts Standards
National PTA
Parents' Guide to Student Success