Standards Based grading

MS Framework

Evidence of Problems (Wormeli)

• Does an A mean a student has gone above and beyond?
• Is a C average in our classes?
• If a student scores 100% on a pre-test does he get an A for the unit?
• Does extra credit make up for bad scores in our classes?
• Is the grade you give based on academic achievement only?

Suspect Grading (SAI)

• Zeroes highly impact grades
• Extra Credit highly impacts grades
• Non-Academics highly impact grades
• Compliance highly impacts grades
• Students do not know what good looks like

Grading Issues

What is A Fair Grade (Wormeli)?

• 0, 100, 100, 100 = 
• 59, 100, 100, 100 =
• 60, 70, 100, ExC 100 =
• 0, 3, 3, 3=

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GradinG ISSues

Purpose of Grading

• Sort Students?
• Reward Effort?
• Reward Compliance?
• Communicate to Parents
• Communicate what the Student Can Do?

Grading Issues

Have You Heard Any of These?

• What do I have to do to get an A?
• Will this be graded?
• Can I earn extra credit?
• My student has never earned a C!

The Real QuesTions

• What should my student be able to do?
• What can my student do?
• How do you know?
• Is there evidence my student can do these things?
• Sounds like Professional Learning Communities (PLC)

Easy Paths to SBG

How Do We gRade?

• 3 Mastery
• 2 Progressing
• 1 Beginning
• NA--Not Addressed This Grading Term
• Standards (Weighted) X Assignments

More about How To Grade

• Report on standards not formative assessments!
• 5 standards per subject
• Effective feedback and formative assessment key
• Can produce letter grade if we want to
• How we arrive at letter grade up to us

Non-Negotiables

• Re-do is okay
• Report on standards, not other things
• Evidence based grading
• Looking for evidence of meeting standard through grading period
• Rubrics help and fair is not always equal (Rick Wormeli)

Poll of SBG

Parent Teacher Conferences

Design a SBG Report Card