Why Standards-Based Grading

1. Why Standards-Based Grading Buck Evans Assistant Superintendent for Operations

2. Do your grades have meaning?

3. What does each grade mean in relation to the standard(s) students have to meet?

4. 90% - 100% • The student has completed proficient work in all learning objectives and advanced work on some of the learning targets. An A?

5. 80% - 90% • A-B means the student has completed proficient work on all the learning objectives. A - B

6. A grading system should not be based on the inappropriate use of averages. • Using attendance • Effort • Being a good “kid” Using Averages

7. the Student • the Parents • the Teachers of later courses in sequence What does each grade indicate in regard to student proficiency to:

10. It is critical that homework have direct correlation to the learning target(s). • Assigned problems, assignments, and activities should be directly linked to learning targets. • Students should be able to ask and answer: • Do I know this? • Can I do this? Homework

11. Assessment should take place when you are confident that a reasonable number of your students will score at the proficient level. • Struggling students should have the opportunity to retest. Assessing students (refereeing)

12. What quality is. • Each subject has to have a concise set of standards. • With a precise definition of what meeting proficiency looks like. Standards-Based Grading Teaches

13. No teacher can use standards-based grading without clear standards. Understanding Standards-Based Grading