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Comparison of traditional education and SBE
| Measurement Topics |
| What are measurement topics? |
What is traditional content? |
| Identifies a guaranteed curriculum that all students will master |
Includes all the state standards |
| Identifies what student will be assessed on in order to move from level to level |
Has too many standards to master so students are socially promoted |
| Shows a scoring guide with a score “3” being proficient and requires students to meet this performance standard |
Doesn’t inform students of the expectations |
| Is the basis for what teachers and students will use for learning targets |
Based on a program or a textbook |
| Identifies what will be reported on the report card |
Reported using a 100-point scale that is very subjective |
| Instruction |
| What is SBE instruction? |
What is traditional instruction? |
| Learner-centered |
Teacher-directed |
| Balances for the kind of learning that needs to match the content |
One-size-fits-all |
| Teaches skills, analytical, and contextual information |
Doesn’t get to higher level instruction enough |
| Paces for the learner |
Requires all students to learn at the same pace |
| Gathers resources to help students learn a concept |
Uses the textbook as the curriculum and instruction |
| Differentiates for the learner |
Teaches to the middle of the class |
| Assessment |
| What are SBE assessments? |
What are traditional assessments? |
| Assists in the placement of each student in the right learning level |
Are not used for student placement |
| Used by the teacher and learner to inform what the student needs to learn next- Formative assessment |
Is used only to give a grade |
| Uses a scoring guide or rubric to inform students of expectations |
Doesn’t show what the expectations are until students take the assessment |
| Used by the teacher and student at the end of the level to be accountable for the learning-Summative assessment |
Is used only at the end of a unit and then the unit class moves on to the next |
| Is flexible so students can have input how they show what they know and can do |
Is the same for all students |
| Used by students to write and monitor goals |
Not used by students at all |
| Reporting/Recording |
| What SBE reporting/recording is? |
What is traditional reporting/recording? |
| Supports students by showing their learning trend line |
Only averages grades |
| Gives students and parents the ability to track progress throughout the learning (on-line & hard copy) |
Is only seen by the teacher until grades are released |
| Shows what measurement topics student has mastered and which ones are yet to be mastered |
Gives a grade only on a subject- doesn’t show what has been mastered and what hasn’t |
| Tracks the attainment of standards over multiple years |
Only keeps track of students' learning one year at a time |
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