Reviewing Students Work Homepage


Goal Setting Activity

Guidelines for RSW include the organization of teams and selection of student work samples, guidelines for discussion and how to document reviews.


Participant Roles explains the roles of faculty, principals, facilitators, coaches and district staff.


Note-taking form is used by individual teachers prior to a review


Documentation form helps teams track the evolution of the review process as well as the content of discussions over time.


Team planning guide is used by interdisciplinary teams of teachers to plan the focus and schedule of reviews.

Activity for setting review goals involves the entire school, or groups of faculty, to determine priorities for student learning.


Sample review Understand the process of reviewing student work by reading student work and excerpts from a review.


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List of Goals for Goal-Setting Activity

    This list includes learning goals from several district and state curriculum frameworks. A school may want to change the list to reflect its district priorities.

1. Be physically fit and healthy

 

2. Create and maintain a safe and healthy environment

 

3. Understand and be able to manage personal and community resources

 

4. Be self-directed

 

5. Think analytically about important ideas

 

6. Be life long learners

 

7. Communicate effectively through different media

 

8. Be contributing members of society

 

9. Appreciate diverse cultures

 

10. Use knowledge from all curriculum areas to understand the world

 

11. Use English effectively

 

12. Read, write, listen and speak for information and understanding

 

13. Read, write, listen and speak for literary response and expression

 

14. Read, write, listen and speak for social interaction

 

15. Use reading for multiple purposes

 

16. Understand complexity

 

17. Write fluently

 

18. Communicate orally and in writing to diverse audiences

 

19. Set and achieve goals

 

20. Synthesize content from multiple texts

 

21. Generate questions about important issues

 

22. Connect the past to the present

 

23. Understand the geography of the interdependent world in which we live

 

24. Understand eras, themes, and turning points in U.S. history

 

25. Understand the economic systems of the U.S. and other countries

 

26. Understand the structure of federal, state and local government

 

27. Understand the role of the U.S. constitution in government

 

28. Demonstrate citizenship values and attitudes

 

29. Understand principles of American democracy

 

30. Analyze events from multiple perspectives

 

31. Relate personal skills and abilities to future career decisions

 

32. Demonstrate how academic skills are applied in the workplace

 

33. Have knowledge of various art forms

 

34. Actively engage in creation and performance in the arts

 

35. Respond critically to works in the arts

 

36. Use traditional and electronic sources of information

 

37. Understand the consequences of their actions on themselves and others

 

38. Increase standardized test scores

 

39. Hand in homework on time

 

40. Resolve conflicts non-violently

 

41. Be skilled in library research techniques

 

42. Feel confident

 

43. Be knowledgeable in a language other than English

 

44. Be computer literate

 

45. Use knowledge of technology to address real-life problems

 

46. Use mathematical analysis and scientific inquiry to pose questions, seek answers and develop solutions

 

47. Apply mathematics in real-world settings

 

48. Recognize the historical development of ideas in science

 

49. Understand scientific concepts, principles and theories

 

50. Build on prior knowledge

 

51. Be fully prepared for each subsequent grade level

 

52. Demonstrate higher order thinking skills in all subject areas

 

53. Develop different learning styles

 

54. Respect opinions of others

 

55. Have respect for self and others

 

56. Score on grade level on standardized tests

 

57. Have high expectations for school performance

 

58. Have skills for collaboration

 

59. Reflect on their own learning and assess their own work

 

60. Have self-appraisal skills

 

61. Be responsible

 

62. Use their minds well

 

63. Produce new knowledge

 

64. Be able to persevere

 

65. Think and question critically

 

66. Have leadership skills

 

67. Have effective study habits

 

68. Be involved in their community

 

69. Be risk-takers

 

70. Be independent thinkers

 

71. Demonstrate empathy

 

72. Generate their own projects