Download or read book Answers to Essential Questions About Standards, Assessments, Grading, and Reporting written by Thomas R. Guskey and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2012-11-21 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guidebook to the complex terrain of 21st-century standards! Standards, assessments, grading, and reporting provide the foundation for nearly every initiative in modern education reform. But what do these terms actually mean? This easy-to-use Q&A gives short, simple, jargon-free answers to the questions that frequently stymie educators. Readers will come away with: A consistent vocabulary and frame of reference to share with other educators An understanding of effective implementation in all four areas Specific ideas for purposeful action Common ground that teachers, leadership teams, schools, and districts can use as a basis for successful improvement efforts