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

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