Standards-Based Grading and Reporting

Overview

• What is a Standards-Based Report Card?

• Collecting Data for Reporting

• Grading System

• Reporting to Parents

– Progress Report

– Report Card

What is a Standards-Based Report Card?

Standards-Based Report Card

A Standards-Based Report Card:

• Lists the most important skills studentsshould learn in each subject in a particulargrade level.

• Reports how well a child is mastering theskills.

Purpose

• The purpose of grades is to communicate

student achievement

• To measure student performance againstboth state and local standards in eachcurricular area

• To highlight both strengths and weaknessesand support identification of areas ofreinforcement and growth

Traditional Grading

• Number Grades or Letter Grades

• Academic achievement tainted by non-academic factors

• Grade everything and average it together

• Report a single grade for a class

Standards-Based Report Card

Benefits:

• Gives parents and student specificinformation on how the student is performingon specific standards.

• Influences teachers to continually access andteach/reteach specific standards.

• Gives parents a clear picture of where theirchild is excelling and/or struggling.

Collecting Data to

Reporting Student Learning to

Parents

Assessment System Tools and Practices

In a standards based reporting system, teachers use a variety of assessment practices:

– Common Assessments:• Student Work (Graphic Organizers, Quick Writes, Foldables,

Writing Samples)

• Quick Checks

• Multiple Choice and Open Ended Assessments

– Rubrics

– Checklists

– Running Records

– Anecdotal Records

Understanding Our

Standards-Based Report Card

Grading System

Grading Keys

Core Standards

4-Exceeds Expectations of the Standard3 – Meets Standard

2 – Progressing Towards the

Standard

1 – Below Standard

(Improvement neeted) • Language Arts

• Mathematics

• Science

• Social Studies

Work Habits and Specials

O– OutstandingS – Satisfactory

N – Needs Improvement

• Social Emotional Development

• Technology

• Fine Art

• Physical Education

Students’ Scores Students have all year to meet the standards. According to state guidelines they must meet Reading and Math Standards on Grade level to be promoted.

• In Reading and Writing during the 1st and 2nd six-weeks gradingperiods many on-level students will receive 2s-3s on their reportcard in some areas. As the students grow as readers and writersthey will move towards 3s and possibly some 4s.

• In Mathematics, the standards represent academic goals for eachsix-weeks grading cycle. With this in mind, the goal for eachstudent is to“meet the standard” assessed in of the six- weeks cycle.

• In Science, Social Studies, and Writing Genre students’ scores maygo up and down over the six-weeks grading periods due to theconcepts changing under the standards used on the report card.

• If students plateau or regress along the way, the scoring willdecrease on the report card.

The comments section should be utilized when a child regresses in a standard.

Language Arts Perspective on Report Card Scores

Emergent Readers • Below Level in First Grade• We expect students to score mainly 1s.

Beginning Early Readers • On Level in fall/Below Level in spring• We expect students to shift to 2s and some 3s.

Late Early Readers

• Above Level in fall/On Level in spring• We expect students to shift from 2s to mostly

3s with a few meeting the level 4.

Promotion Requirements

• Receive at least “MeetsStandard” in majority of LanguageArts expectations

• Receives at least “MeetsStandard” in majority of mathematics standards.

Critical Questions About Your Child’s Learning

Student Expectation • What is it we expect your child to learn?Assessment• How will we know when your child has learned

the skill?Intervention/Reteach • How will we respond if your child did not learn

the skill?Enrichment • How will we respond when your child already

knows the skill?

This report card is designed to stimulate an on-going conversation between teachers, parents

and students about what is expected of students in first grade in the Frost Independent

School District.

We believe this report card will further your understanding of what your child is learning in first grade and assist you and your teacher in

making decisions about what your child needs to work on to be successful.