Can your students understand and even generate performance scales? To meet rigorous standards, students need to be able to comprehend learning goals, embedded in performance scales, which include application of knowledge. They must be able to generate their own scales. Creating & Using Learning Targets & Performance Scales: How Teachers Make Better Instructional Decisions explores explicit techniques for mastering this crucial strategy of instructional practice. It includes adaptations for various student populations, examples and nonexamples from classroom practice, and strategies to avoid making common mistakes.