Professional Development Workshop
Demystifying
State Standards
Educators learn how to unpack complex state standards and create clear, measurable learning objectives that guide instruction, align independent practice, support Checking for Understanding, and connect classroom learning to state testing requirements.
Turn complex standards into teachable learning.
Analyzing Standards
Analyzing
State Test Questions
Research Insight
Ready-to-Use Learning Objectives
Analyzing Standards
Break down standards into teachable learning targets
State standards often combine multiple skills, concepts, and levels of rigor. This workshop provides teachers with a process for analyzing standards and identifying the specific learning students need to achieve.
Teachers learn how to:
Identify the key knowledge and skills within a standard
Identify academic vocabulary and concepts
Separate complex standards into manageable objectives
Analyzing State Test Questions
Identify what students are expected to know and do
State test questions provide valuable information about the knowledge, skills, and thinking processes students must develop. By analyzing released test items and assessment examples, educators learn how to identify the instructional expectations hidden within each question.
Teachers learn how to:
Identify the state standard connected to each test question
Determine the specific skill or concept being assessed
Identify academic vocabulary and language structures students must understand
Connecting Assessments to Standards
Align test expectations with classroom instruction
Effective instruction begins with alignment. Teachers must understand how assessment questions reflect the knowledge and skills outlined in state standards. This workshop helps educators make the connection.
State Standard
What knowledge and skills are students required to master?
State Test Questions
How are those skills measured on state assessments?
Learning Objective
What specific learning target prepares students for success?
Lesson Design
What instruction and practice will help students master the objective?
When standards, objectives, instruction, and assessments align, students are better prepared for grade-level expectations.
Training Options
One-day State Standards & Learning Objectives Training Pricing
Most Popular
One-Day Workshop
Starting at $3,800
6-8 Hours • Delivered at your school site •Travel not included
Workshop includes:
- Standards unpacking strategies
- Learning Objective development
- Skill, concept, and context analysis
- Measurable objective writing
- Alignment to classroom instruction
- State assessment alignment
Flexible Option
Virtual Training
Starting at $350/hour
- Flexible online sessions
- Team or individual PD
- Customized support
All workshops are customizable
- All or specific discipline focus
- Grade-level specific
- Customized examples
- Aligned to school goals
Instructional Impact
Why Schools Choose Demystifying State Standards
- Create clear, measurable learning objectives directly aligned to state standards.
- Transform complex standards into focused, teachable lesson targets.
- Align instruction, guided practice, independent practice, and assessment to one learning goal.
- Improve Checking for Understanding with precise, standards-based success criteria.
- Strengthen Tier 1 instruction through greater lesson clarity and consistency.
- Better prepare students for state assessments through standards-aligned instruction.
Research Insights
Understanding the difference between learning objectives and language objectives
Learning objectives identify the content, skills, and concepts students are expected to learn. Language objectives define the academic language students need to communicate their understanding.
This whitepaper explores how effective instruction intentionally connects both types of objectives to support all learners, especially English learners, in accessing grade-level content.
Ready-To-Use Learning Objectives
Dataworks Learning Objective Books Available TODAY!
Dataworks has already completed the process of analyzing the Common Core State Standards and developed clear, measurable learning objectives that identify the essential knowledge and skills students need to master.
Teachers and instructional leadership can use Dataworks learning objectives to:
Quickly identify the specific skills embedded within each standard
Understand the level of rigor expected for student learning
Align lessons, assessments, and student practice
View them for free on educeri.com or visit our Amazon store for purchase.
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