Using Achievement Level Descriptors to Ensure Classroom Rigor

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Using Achievement Level Descriptors to Ensure Classroom Rigor

Professional Learning Workshop

Apply achievement level descriptors to inform teaching and learning actions that support students’ success.

Support student success through rigorous instruction

Achievement level descriptors (ALDs) provide clarity about large learning goals. These valuable resources are essential to the development of standards-aligned assessments and instructional activities.

Explore key questions related to achievement level descriptors

What are the connections between ALDs and rigorous instruction?

  • Define rigor and connect to Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK).
  • Evaluate ALDs to determine the DOK at each level.
  • Align assessments and assignments to achievement levels.

How do ALDs support and enhance student learning?

  • Connect the purpose of ALDs to standards, cognitive complexity, instruction, and student performance.
  • Analyze ALDs in terms of thinking process (i.e., Bloom’s Taxonomy) and level of understanding (i.e., Webb’s DOK).

Designed with you in mind

This offering features three total hours of professional learning. Your NWEA representative will help determine the best on-site or virtual delivery option to meet your needs.

On-site learning

Face-to-face session with a consultant

Virtual learning

Live instruction through our online portal

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