Educon 2013

• Standards Based Reporting and Grading

at SLA• Mark Bey, Rosalind Echols, Pearl Jonas, Brad Latimer, Larissa Pahomov

Pair up, share out

• Name?

• Where do you teach/what grade level?

• What experience do you have with standards based reporting or grading?

What are standards?

• Each discipline/course level teacher collaborated to create overarching skills

• Over the course of the year, students would demonstrate ability in these specific skills

• Students would be asked to reflect on their progress in developing these skills

• Twice per year, teachers give feedback to students on their progress in developing these skills

How are standards reported?

Math Standards

• A- Computation and Operations- Students can perform computation and operations to the appropriate level of the course.

• B- Visual- Students can visually represent mathematical situations.

• C- Verbal and Written Communication Skills- Students can clearly communicate mathematical processes.

• D- Problem Solving- Students can choose and apply various problem solving strategies to model and solve a wide variety of problems.

Where Does Evidence Come From?

• Standards-Based Grading on Assessments

• Re-takes/re-assessments of standards throughout quarter

• Projects

Planning

Physics Standards

Two strands:

Physics “content”: quiz-based assessment

Core Values-based: lab-based assessment

Retakes/revisions based on feedback

In the Gradebook

Spanish

Spanish

Social Studies Standards

• Sources: Effectively analyze a variety of primary source documents

Example: Primary source analysis sheets

• Research: Research independently

Example: Annotated Bibliography

Social Studies Standards

• Perspective: Express the impact of perspective and bias in history

Example: Unit centered around defining “war”

• Discussion: Meaningfully contribute to classroom discussions

Example: Discussion groups & discussion guides

• Content: Evaluate the connections between the modern world and history

Example: Unit on slavery with a project on modern-day slavery

Whole Group

• Q & A

• Discussion

Small Groups: Shuffle

• 1) You have some form of standards based grading or reporting, and you would like to tinker.

• 2) You do not use standards, but you are interested.

• 3) You want to expand standards to a whole department or school.

Small Groups

• Break out by discipline