Don't have time to watch? Here is a quick summary: Standards-based grading allows us to focus on learning by measuring only the critical things every student has to know to be successful at the next level, creating proficiency scales that define the depth of knowledge the student is at for each proficiency level, and separating behavior related scores from the academic scores.
Don't have time to watch? Here is a quick summary: Standards-based grading increases accuracy in grading by narrowing the scale from a 100-point scale to four proficiency levels. Each proficiency level has a clearly defined depth of knowledge to ensure that all students assigned that level of proficiency have demonstrated the same depth of understanding. The narrow scale and clearly defined proficiency levels ensure that instructors teaching the same course in different rooms to different students score and grade more consistently increasing the accuracy of the grade assigned no matter who the teacher happens to be.
Don't have time to watch? Here is a quick summary: Standards-based grading improves student engagement by clearly defining what a student has to know and giving the most recent evidence of learning the highest weight in the grade calculations. These factors promote growth by increasing clarity and creating hope. Low grades early in learning are expected and are recoverable as the student continues to grow and demonstrate higher levels of proficiency later in the course.
Don't have time to watch? Here is a quick summary: Standards-based grading aligns with external factors and past practices. Wisconsin has had academic standards for over 25 years. Every school district in Wisconsin is required to submit an Annual Notice of Academic Standards each year highlighting the standards the district has adopted. Our teachers engaged in Professional Learning Communities, PLC, training in 2019. As a PLC team, teacher teams work together to identify critical standards and define how they will be measured. These are our guaranteed standards and proficiency scales.