GRADING AND REPORTING UPDATE:
OUR MASTERY LEARNING SYSTEM USING STANDARDS-BASED
GRADINGSOUHEGAN HIGH SCHOOL
Our purpose for changing practice
SAU-wide strategic plan
Common reporting system
Competency based assessment model
NH Minimum Standards for
School Approval
Performance Assessment
Recording student progress in meeting
competencies
College and Career Ready
Standards
Require application of learning
Assessing deeper learning
Home – School Connection
Greater partnership
between teacher, student and parent to
support growth
Need for consistency in
grading practices
Equity within and across grade levels and
content areas
Separating academics from work habits
WHAT’S CHANGING? WHAT’S STAYING THE SAME?
What’s staying the same for current high
school students?
Report Cards
Transcripts
Performance assessments and use of rubrics
Division I Exhibition (current grade 10)
What’s different for current grade 9 and 10
students?
Academic Learner Expectations (ALEs)
Separated into academic standards and Work Study Practices (habits of work)
Teachers are scoring against specific academic standards
Common rubrics for WSP and academic standards are used
Scoring scale of 1-4 used on all assessments (even quizzes and tests)
Rolling grades and trendlines for on team courses
GRADE 9 LITERACY STANDARDS AND COMPETENCIES
RUBRIC – ELA GRADE 9 - THEME
SCORING SCALE 4 POINT SCALE
4 = Exceeding Beyond Standard
3 = Meeting Standard
2 = Approaching Standard
1 = Beginning Standard
Criterion referenced scale is in
relation to how students perform
on a standard
THE LEARNING PROCESS AND SCORING
When starting a new unit or presenting a new
concept, teachers present introductory lessons
(highest score is 2/2).
As students progress, they are offered more complex
material and tasks. They continue working and
learning until they reach the target (3).
The SAU 39 Mastery Learning System also allows
students to go beyond the target (4).
EXAMPLE OF SCORING A TRADITIONAL TEST STANDARDS-BASED
CONVERSION
SCALE
Converting Scale Score to Letter Grades
with Plus and Minus
3.75 - 4.00 A+
3.26 - 3.74 A
3.00 - 3.25 A-
2.84 - 2.99 B+
2.67 - 2.83 B
2.50 - 2.66 B-
2.34 - 2.49 C+
2.17 - 2.33 C
2.00 - 2.16 C-
< 1.99 NC
Future of Jobs Report, World Economic Forum
NH WORK STUDY PRACTICES
(HABITS OF WORK)
Creativity
Communication
Collaboration
Self-Direction
SHS Work Study Practice Self-Direction Rubric
https://www.greatschoolspartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Exemplar-HS-Transcript.pdf
How Selective Colleges and Universities Evaluate
Proficiency-Based High School Transcripts: Insights
for Students and Schools
75 New England
institutions of
higher education
state that
proficiency-based
diplomas do not
disadvantage
applicants
SAMPLE PROGRESS REPORT
SAMPLE
PROGRESS
REPORT
RESOURCES
• https://oneschoolstreet.org/mastery-based-learning-and-grading/
One School Street -Mastery Based Learning
and Grading
• https://www.pta.org/home/family-resources/Parents-Guides-to-Student-Success
PTA Guides – Grade Level Overviews
• https://www.education.nh.gov/instruction/curriculum/Standards