Phase 2: Get to Know the Standards

The goal of this phase is to gain a deeper understanding of the standards to help ensure that our assessments surface what students are expected to know and be able to do at the appropriate grade level.  

Phase 2 Guidance

Getting to know the standards requires both a grade band analysis and unpacking the targeted elements.

The grade band analysis provides a big picture understanding of the entire body of elements at a grade band and across grade bands to really orient to what students are expected to know, think, and do.

Element unpacking allows for deep deep understanding of what student performance requires for a particular standard.

This phase consists of three steps. 

How-To Instructions

To view the instructions for completing Phase 2 of the 5d Assessment Development Tool you can open the embedded Scribe tutorials in a new window or scroll through them on this page. Instructions are available for completing the grade band analysis and for the essential element unpacking.

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