· Clearly tied to an assessment · Cross-curricular connections · Reflects what was actually taught at the end of the unit
· Some cross-curricular connections · Few are tied directly to assessment
· Included but not clearly tied to assessments · Nice to know, but not relevant to unit focus
· No standards & benchmarks indicated
Overall Strengths:
Essential Questions
· Engaging · Guides students’ learning · Endures and establishes lifelong understanding of the unit · Thought provoking · Insightful · Age appropriate
· Clear focus · Eludes to an understanding
· Simplistic · Uneven in quality · More than a few in number · Questions unrelated to content and assessment(s)
· Absent · Unit Questions · Written as Yes/No or Right/Wrong
Content
· Details specific, clear & succinct · In list form rather than narrative · References key concepts taught in unit · Noun driven facts · Topics align with standards, skills & assessments
· Describe main concepts · Subject matter Identified
· Few topics/concepts identified · Vague
· Generic · Narrative · Worded as skills · Disconnected alignment to skills & assessments
· Vague · Written as content or activity · Disconnected to content & assessment
Assessment
· Specific products · Includes assessments FOR & OF learning · Modified for student proficiency · Wide-ranging · Would show evidence of student learning
· Product or performance listed clearly · Assessment focused around the intended skills
· Generic · Varied narrowly · Student expectation & role not noted
· Absent · Limited · Unfocused on the content & skills
Standards and Benchmarks
· Cross-curricular connections
· Reflects what was actually taught at the end of the unit
· Few are tied directly to assessment
· Nice to know, but not relevant to unit focus
Essential Questions
· Guides students’ learning
· Endures and establishes lifelong understanding of the unit
· Thought provoking
· Insightful
· Age appropriate
· Eludes to an understanding
· Uneven in quality
· More than a few in number
· Questions unrelated to content and assessment(s)
· Unit Questions
· Written as Yes/No or Right/Wrong
Content
· In list form rather than narrative
· References key concepts taught in unit
· Noun driven facts
· Topics align with standards, skills & assessments
· Subject matter Identified
· Vague
· Narrative
· Worded as skills
· Disconnected alignment to skills & assessments
Skills
· Precise & targeted
· Reflects proficiency levels
· Measurable
· Broad objectives
· Written as content or activity
· Disconnected to content & assessment
Assessment
· Includes assessments FOR & OF learning
· Modified for student proficiency
· Wide-ranging
· Would show evidence of student learning
· Assessment focused around the intended skills
· Varied narrowly
· Student expectation & role not noted
· Limited
· Unfocused on the content & skills