PA's+SAS

=Pennsylvania's Standards Aligned Systems (SAS) = [|Dr. Zahorchak's SAS Introduction] (video) The Pennsylvania Department of Education has adopted a model called "[|The Standards Aligned System]" (SAS). This model incorporates the following components; clear standards, fair assessments, interventions, instruction, curriculum, and resources and material. All of these components, when aligned, will help to ensure strong results for students. Clear standards provide a framework of clear expectations for content and skills at each grade level. Curriculum is then aligned to the standards, anchors, and eligible content. Instruction follows with the incorporation of research-based strategies and best practices, through ongoing professional development. Resources and materials are expected to be evidence based and clinically tested to ensure their contribution towards student success. Interventions are provided where data indicates defined needs. Fair assessments provide educators with multiple types of data, which can be utilized to monitor student achievements and needs, and provide opportunities for data analysis and decision making regarding instruction.

Federal law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), requires district accountability for all students to reach proficiency levels in reading and mathematics. This has created a need to assess and monitor student achievement and performance. This course will focus on the area of assessment and data analysis, which is an integral part of the standards, aligned system.


 * [[image:http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_26512_3188_389193_43/http%3B/pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/cop_hhs/pde/pde_community_content/sas/sas_portlets/pde_sas/sas_portlets/saslogo/images/sas_logo5.gif]] ||  || **Clear Standards -** Clear, high standards that establish what all students need to know and be able to accomplish.
 * Fair Assessments -** Fair assessments aligned to the standards.

**Curriculum Framework -** A framework specifying Big Ideas, Concepts, and Competencies in each subject area/at each grade level.

**Instruction -** Aligned instruction--aligning instruction with standards involves identifying strategies that are best suited to help students achieve the expected performance.

**Materials & Resources -** Materials that address the standards.

**Interventions -** A safety net/intervention system that insures all students meet standards. ||


 * SAS aligned.Questions.doc

[|SAS (Governor's Institute 2008).ppt]** (download)

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[|About SAS] (webpage) [|SAS FAQ] (document) [|Stronger Schools By Design] (document)