✨Success Criteria In Action✨
The goal of success criteria is for students to have a clear understanding of what they are learning and what they will be learning next.
The success criteria break down the learning standard into a progression of evidence of learning statements. Each day, students reflect on where they are in their learning and use the success criteria to reference as evidence of their current level of learning.
🎯 Get Started
Display the success criteria (the standard and the evidence of learning statements) at the beginning of each new lesson on the board.
*Print one for each student and have them glue it in their math notebook*
Ex. 4th Grade 4.G.1
Read the standard to the students, while stopping and clarifying key vocabulary and explaining the important verbs which are how students will show their learning.
Annotate the success criteria as you clarify the vocabulary and expectations so it makes sense to your students.
💭 Why should students have their own copy of the success criteria?
Students can:
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record the definition of tricky words in the standard,
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draw examples of models or strategies they are expected to use,
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highlight or check off as they’ve mastered parts of the success criteria,
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and add “kid-friendly” explanations to their success criteria so it makes sense to them.
💭 How can students use success criteria to provide quality feedback?
Use a written reflection to allow students to explain what they’ve learned, what they still find difficult, identify their current learning level, and what they they should learn next.
Written reflections take time to develop, so having students answer these questions orally may be where you want to start before having them write it down!
👀 Video Example
Check out this 10-minute video example of Allie introducing success criteria on Day 1 of Multiplication with her 4th graders
References
Mathematics focus documents. (2017). Tennessee department of education. Retrieved October 6, 2022, from https://www.tn.gov/education/instruction/academic-standards/mathematics-standards.html
Principles of formative assessment and formative feedback. (2021). In (Ed.), Enhancing learning through formative assessment and feedback (pp. 20–44). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203934333-10
Writing tips for learning goals and success criteria – center for standards, assessment, and accountability. (n.d.). csaa.wested.org. Retrieved September 29, 2022, from https://csaa.wested.org/resource/writing-tips-for-learning-goals-and-success-criteria/