Purpose
The Standards Portal helps teams of educators implement policies, programs and practices that systematically impact teaching, learning and assessment so that all students achieve Minnesota’s K-12 academic standards.
Intended Audience
The site is intended to be used by teams of educators and other stakeholders in collaborative work.
Guiding Principles
- The Portal introduces research-supported actions for developing a standards-based education system.
- Equity and school climate are foundational and embedded throughout the Portal.
- The Portal design incorporates implementation research.
- Portal resources and tools can be used in all content areas.
- The Portal uses language that is inclusive of a wide diversity of educational settings.
Standards Portal Content
The Minnesota Standards Portal supports implementation of a standards-based education system. A system that is standards-based aligns policies, practices and supports to ensure all students achieve or exceed the academic standards in all content areas. The Portal provides guidance and resources to support development of a standards-based education system.
Standards Based Education
Insert Portal Summary Table (or Portal-at-a-Glance with a link to the Portal Summary)
Standards Portal Structure
The Portal’s organizational structure uses a few layers of pages that help the user navigate to desired information. This chart describes the organizational features and provides examples of some documents provided for working with science standards.
Organizational Features | Example 1: Standards-based Education | Example 2: Academic Standards |
The Home page provides navigation to all guidance documents in the Portal. | ||
The Portal is organized into three Sections: Getting Started, Support Structures, and Instruction & Curriculum. | Section: | Section: |
Each section has 3-4 Components of a standards-based education system. | Component: | Component: |
Each components has 3-5 Actions that can be used by leadership teams to strengthen that component. | Action: | Action: Changes needed to meet the standards |
Each action has 1-2 Activities along with resources that can be used by leadership in their work with educators and stakeholders to carry out the action. | Activities and Resources: Activity: Moving to A Standards-based Education System Additional Information: | Activities and Resources: Overview: Changes Activity Directions: Understanding Changes in each Content Area Jigsaw Activity Handout |
Navigating the Portal
Once focus group testing is completed, a screencast will be created, captioned, and embedded here for users to watch a guided tour of the Standards Portal:
About the Portal
Contact Us
Minnesota Department of Education400 Northeast Stinson Boulevard
Minneapolis, MN 55413
651-582-8484
mde.academic-standards@state.mn.us
education.mn.gov
