Wiggins & McTighe, Chapter 3 and Chapter 4

a. Has your department or grade level team mapped the curriculum? Why or why not? If so what are the benefits?

b. What are the advantages and disadvantages to using common rubrics for assessing student work? As a school leader, would you encourage teachers to collaborate and use common rubrics for assessing student work? Why or why not?

c. To what extent does your department or grade-level team use common rubrics for assessing student work?

d. Does your department or grade-level team have anchor samples of student work? Why or why not? What are the benefits of having samples of student work?

e. With which of the learning principles presented on pages 113144 do you agree? Why? Are there any with which you disagree? Why? Are there any important learning principles missing from the list?

f. Can you give specific examples of current practices (in your classroom or school) that reflect these learning principles? Can you give examples that violate any of these principles?

g. Overall, which of our current practices are most aligned with these learning principles? Which of your current practices are most out-of-sync with these learning principles?