A Handbook for Developing and Using Proficiency Scales in the Classroom: (a Clear, Practical Handbook for Creating and Utilizing High-Quality Proficie - Jan K. Hoegh

\n \nDiscover 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.\n \nBenefits: \n \n- Understand how to create and use proficiency scales to clearly frame classroom instruction and assessments. \n- Learn how to write high-quality proficiency scales and review how to enrich student learning opportunities. \n- Recognize the various ways teachers, students, and parents can use proficiency scales. \n- Access rubrics, criteria checklists, and pacing guides that you can use in concert with proficiency scales to provide valuable feedback to students. \n\n \nContents: \nIntroduction \nChapter 1: The What and Why of Proficiency Scales \nChapter 2: Proficiency Scale Development \nChapter 3: Score 4.0--Complex Content \nChapter 4: The Use of Proficiency Scales in the Classroom \nChapter 5: Scales and Related Tools \nChapter 6: Using Scales With Exceptional Learners \nChapter 7: Scales for Behaviors That Promote Academic Success \nEpilogue \nAppendix A: Example Scales \nAppendix B: Common Scale Templates With Examples \nAppendix C: Scale Development Checklists \nAppendix D: Score 4.0 Examples \nAppendix E: Scales With Sample Assessments \nReferences \nIndex \n