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**Learning Targets and Criteria For Success Module II**

**This module should be completed & certificates turned in by 11/18/2011**

Developing learning targets is tricky these days...are we using the NCSCOS, the Common Core, Essential Standards, Crosswalks or some combination of these? Clearly, we must know what it is we want students to learn and be able to do before we sit down to plan our lessons.

So then, the first step in using formative assessments effectively in our classrooms is to identify the essential parts of our lesson. **These //are// the learning targets.**

The next step is critical...don't skip or skimp on the thought that goes into this. Plainly and simply, teachers must write the learning targets in kid friendly language. Forget all the rhetoric and semantics we can become caught up in...get down to the nuts and bolts and tell students what it is we want from them. Remember, **KISS!** //Keep it simple, silly!//

This is where students may ask themselves, "Where am I going?"

Finally, we must tell students what we expect ... What does quality work look like? Clearly defined criteria for success helps teachers and students identify gaps and stay on target. Expressing learning outcomes in "I will..." statements helps our students to know what is expected of them at all times.

Click these links for eye popping self-assessment...Am I doing that???

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