Standards

[|Defintion] This link gives a basic definition of what Standards are, a few reasons in why it is good and the difference between Non-standard and Standard learning is. [|Wikipedia] definition This link gives a lot more background information on what Standard learning is.

What are standards, how and when did they originate, what are their uses, what are they to teachers, what are they to students, how do they differ from other learning systems, etc.  Standards first started around the 1990s as the OBE (Outcome-based education) which ultimately was labeled as unworkable. The Standards are used to standardize learning in schools. They can be many things to teachers, They can be guidelines while for other teachers they can be restrictive. Sure it tells us what we need to do but when we are told what to do, we get less freedom. What this does to students is averages them out. While it does help lower level students, it does not help higher level students. Standards evens out the curves, lowers the amount of smart kids and lowers the amounts of dumb kids and makes more average kids. Other systems of learning have a lot more freedom therefore, can succeed much more than a Standard system but can also fail. The other systems are more student oriented so if they students are not doing as good, the system is not doing as good. The Standard system assesses students on what standards and benchmarks so students so the student's education is a lot more standardized.

What is the SAS  SAS stands for Standard Aligned System. It has 6 parts that work together to achieve successful student achievement. It is the base that schools follow so that their students will succeed. The 6 parts are Standards, safe and supportive schools, materials and resources, instruction, curriculum framework and assessment. It is based off of these that we can see if a student is succeeding or not. 
 *  Standards. This defines what students should know and be able to do based on state standards
 *  Safe and supportive schools. Schools should be safe and supportive so that students find school safe and engaging.
 *  materials and resources. The use of materials and resources to support SAS. It includes materials like lesson plan, curriculum models etc,
 *  instruction. SAS uses  [|Charlotte Danielson's Framework]
 *  curriculum framework. Made from standards, curriculum framework are teaching topics made by grade level and subject
 *  assessment. Offers tools to help the assessment of your progress so you can further improve.