Get past the knowing-doing gap and confidently implement standards-based learning. This book offers a comprehensive look at what standards-based learning looks like in action, from creating formative assessments to using data to inform instruction to transitioning to standards-based grading systems. Instead of comparing students to each other, standards-based learning compares students' proficiency to performance standards and education targets. Each chapter offers readers a well-thought-out action plan for implementation and effective strategies for communicating with students and parents about the classroom changes that will occur during the transition. Explore concrete steps for putting standards-based grading, instruction, and learning into action; Implement schoolwide change beginning with classroom practices; Address common implementation mistakes and challenges; Effectively sequence units and align them with unpacked standards; and Create effective proficiency level scales and rubrics.