Success Criteria

To build commitment to learning in students, you need buy-in from students and staff with school vision, values, and goals. School functioning as Professional Learning Communities uses their mission, vision, values, and goals as successful businesses use Big, Hairy, Audacious, Goal (BHAG).

Self-assessment has a .75 effect size, which means almost two years of growth in one year's time. Self-assessment gets students independent and reflective.

It is important to explicitly tell the students WHAT they will be learning, HOW they will be successful in mastering that skill and WHY it is an important skill to learn. This is where learning targets and success criteria come in to play.

One day of learning in first grade. Learning targets and success criteria. Clear purpose every day.

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You may be practicing teacher clarity without even realizing it. It's about communicating goals to your students and being transparent about what you expect.

A look at Success Criteria and why it's relevant in the classroom

Descriptive feedback // Expectations are clearly laid out in this format and students are given very clear and specific expectations of what to work on // The teacher is getting ongoing assessment of a students abilities and knowledge throughout the entire process in addition to the final product // Also, this really sets students up for success, this is really what assessment is all about, being able to use that data to help children learn //