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EDUCATIONAL District Digest
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Additionally, here are a few blog posts to support teachers, coaches, and leaders to be stronger No-Nonsense Nurturers:
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April 13
SAT Testing Power Standards P.1-2

April 19 What makes a Standard a Priority P.2
9th Grade Testing
National Board Certified Teacher P.2
April 21
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10 Grade Testing

April 24
Parent University FROM “PRIORITY STANDARDS: THE POWER OF FOCUS”

April 27 BY PETER DEWITT
Make Up Testing
As course teams work on identifying and prioritizing essential standards, I want to
April 28 share this blog with you to support the tremendous amount of collaboration you are
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Induction engaged in right now.
Priority or Supporting? Standards should either play a starring role or a supporting
April 28
Future Ready role in each grade level or course. Here’s how to distinguish the two:

Priority Standards are “a carefully selected subset of the total list of the grade-specific
May 3-17 and course-specific standards within each content area that students must know and
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be able to do by the end of each school year in order to be prepared for the standards
April 30- May 2 at the next grade level or course. Priority standards represent the assured student
Prom Weekend competencies that each teacher needs to help every student learn, and demonstrate
proficiency in, by the end of the current grade or course” (Ainsworth, 2013, p. xv).
May 14
Last Day for Seniors • Supporting Standards are “those standards that support, connect to, or enhance the
Priority Standards. They are taught within the context of the Priority Standards, but do
May 23 not receive the same degree of instruction and assessment emphasis as do the Priority
Graduation Standards. The supporting standards often become the instructional scaffolds to help
students understand and attain the more rigorous and comprehensive Priority
May 31 Standards” (Ainsworth, 2013, p. xv).
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June 1-4 • Prioritizing certain standards over others does not mean eliminating those standards
Enrichment Week that do not make it into the starring roles. All standards must be taught and assessed,
and re-taught and reassessed, to gain evidence of student competency of those
June 7 learning outcomes.
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