Backward Design
1) Identify understandings – what are the big ideas- what is critical for kids to do at the end -Is this really essential learning
2)determine appropriate assessment of understandings- what sequences of practices all need to occur to prove that it has happened
3)plan learning experiences and instructions that make understandings possible
Stages in the Backward Design Process
| Identify Learner OutcomesIncluding - General and Specific |
| Determine Acceptable Evidence (Criteria)aka - What does success look like?What would we accept as evidence that students have attained the desired understandings and proficiency. |
| Plan learning experiences and instruction |
| Plan assessment, evaluation and communication (aka reporting) strategies |
