Standards Based Grading
The reason we are all here is to help students learn - so I firmly believe their grades should reflect what they have learned rather than how many points they have accumulated over the quarter.
In an attempt to make my grading practices more equitable, I am using a standards based grading approach.
Please read the details below and feel free to reach out with any questions/concerns you have.
I will be working with your students to help them understand and get used to this grading practice as well!
Basics of Standards Based Grading:
Students will receive feedback only after completing assessments
Students will know in advance when assessments are taking place
Feedback will be given via rubrics with 4 levels: mastery, approaching, beginning, and developing
A list of standards and rubrics for each course can be found in the Google Drive folder at the bottom of this page
Feedback will be based solely on the student's level of content mastery and will NOT include a point value/letter grade
Daily classwork/assignments will not be individually graded, but are necessary to complete to learn the content and practice for the summative assessment
There will be no penalty for late work
Students may retake assessments or demonstrate their knowledge in a different manner
Any score entered into the gradebook can be altered before the end of the quarter
This means that if a student initially demonstrates a performance level of approaching this score would be inputted in the gradebook at the time, but if they later demonstrate mastery of the standard the grade will be changed to show the student's growth
Standards are assessed and re-assessed at multiple points of the marking period allowing for students to demonstrate their improvements in content mastery
Entering Standards Based Grades in the Gradebook System
While students will be receiving feedback on their mastery of the content, there will be a numerical score inputted in the gradebook system.
Line items in the gradebook will be the individual standards as listed in the documents below.
This table shows how the student's level of performance will translate to numerical score, percentage, and overall letter grade in the gradebook:
