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MOVING TO STANDARDS-
BASED REPORTING
BECOMING ASSESSMENT LITERATE Creating Essential Agreements
ISE’s Essential Agreements for Assessment: The school will educate parents, teachers, students, and
administrators to become assessment literate. Teachers will actively involve students in the assessment process
through self-reflection, goal setting, and peer collaboration. Teachers will use a variety of assessment techniques and will include
a balance between pre-assessment, formative and summative assessment.
Assessment should be aligned with the standards and outcomes as well as ESLRs.
Students should receive assessment criteria and rubrics for learning activities as well as exemplars where appropriate to ensure they understand the assessment expectations.
Major assessment tools should be determined before a unit of study and should follow the Understanding by Design process including the development of common assessments.
Assessment should be collected and analyzed to inform instruction. Assessments should enhance student learning, be ongoing and
feedback should be provided in a timely manner.
BECOMING ASSESSMENT LITERATE Create or revise your assessment policy Educate all faculty
Thomas GuskeyAlfie Kohn Joe Bower – www.joebower.orgRick Wormeli
Talk to other schools Look at sample report cards
CREATING BUY-IN Administration Faculty Parents Students
ADMINISTRATION Have a clear vision Articulate what you want the faculty to
be able to do Be on the same page
FACULTY In-service days or time Provide articles and reading on
standards-based reporting and grading Have discussions with faculty about the
befits of moving to standards-based Allow the staff to voice their concerns
and give research-based evidence of why the shift
FACULTY Decide what the report cards will look
like How many standards will you have for
each subject? Where will you place the work habits
and behaviors? How will you phase out grades? Major decisions need to be made before
talking to parents and students
PARENTS Most important to get parents on-board Create a parent focus group Let them feel empowered – ask them
their thoughts about the reports and listen
Hear their concerns Share the research with them Share examples from other schools Offer all school parent workshops Provide key information in mother
tongue
PARENT CONCERNS When transferring to another school, the
school will not accept my child without a grade.
The kids won’t be motivated if they don’t get a grade.
Other countries don’t use standards.
STUDENTS Survey students Ask them what a B in one class and a B
in another class means Get their thoughts on receiving just
grades, how do they feel when it is report card time
Have students educate parents at home
BURNING QUESTIONS What does the honor roll look like in a
standards-based world? Is there a place for honor roll?
How does your grade book look? How do you convert scale to a letter
grade and ensure consistency? What questions should we ask parents?
WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE December and June, semester report
card goes home Standards plus no grades in grade 6,
standards and grades in 7 and 8, grades to be phased out each year
Progress report at conferences in October and March, progress report will contain ESLRs and comments
Tackle high school in 2012-13
NEXT STEPS Emphasize new reporting system at
Open House Have new report cards available to all at
the beginning of the year Translate as much as possible into home
languages Be transparent about the grading and
what it will look like
SHARING Dropbox
Share sample standards-based report cardsArticlesVideosPresentations
EARCOS Admin job-a-like on standards-base reporting