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Raise Standards with Standards-Based Grading

Raise Standards with Standards-Based Grading. Holly Johnson Lamphere Teacher Leader Learn the story of one journey to standards-based grading in a quest for consistent and accurate reporting of student achievement. Contact Information. Holly Johnson

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Raise Standards with Standards-Based Grading

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  1. Raise Standards with Standards-Based Grading Holly Johnson Lamphere Teacher Leader Learn the story of one journey to standards-based grading in a quest for consistent and accurate reporting of student achievement.

  2. Contact Information • Holly Johnson • 6th Grade Teacher and Middle School Curriculum and Assessment Coordinator • Lamphere Schools • John Page Middle School • johnsonh@lamphere.k12.mi.us • (248) 589-3428

  3. Agenda • My journey • Researchers • What makes a grade • Standards-based grading • Practical Application • My hope is that by the end of this session you will have a better understanding of grading, be willing to make changes to your grading practice, and be willing to continue professional conversations outside of this conference.

  4. Researchers Marzano Tomlinson Reeves Pickering Stiggins O’Conner Pollock McTighe

  5. My Journey • Early conversation with veteran teacher • Compliance – citizenship vs. academic • Research • Passion • Grading History • Teaching ELL • Opportunity for project

  6. Why do I provide grades?

  7. Why do I currently provide Grades? • Who tells us to? • Pro-active or Re-active? • To show learning and/or responsibility?

  8. What does a grade represent?

  9. What current systems do we have? • Elementary • Middle School • High School How often? Too late?

  10. Traditional

  11. Who do I communicate grades with and what do I communicate?

  12. Responsibility for Learning Who knows what is to be learned and what that looks like?

  13. BUT…… Who is responsible for the learning?

  14. Does my grading practice match my beliefs and communicate what I feel would benefit the learning in my classroom? NO! So….. What am I going to do about it?

  15. What does Standards-Based Grading mean to you?

  16. My application, trials, errors, successes, questions, and more questions, and more questions 

  17. Unit • How am I going to do this? • What have others tried? • How does this work in a middle school? • How will my electronic grade book reflect this? • How will I change the attitude of my community of learners?

  18. My Motivations • Conversations • Veteran teacher – Mary Lou Malone • Current high school teacher in another district – Gary Abud • Research • Ipad • Professional Growth

  19. My Process • CONVERSATIONS • Surveys with progress reports attached • Performance Objectives • Parent Letter and student conversations • I CAN statements • Assessments

  20. “I CAN”

  21. My Final Assessment Integer Assessment Directions:  Answer each question and, if specified, use that method to show your work and prove your answer. Statement #1 – I can find an absolute value of a number. Directions:  Evaluate each expression | -2 | = | 7 | = | 6-2 | = Statement #2 – I can explain absolute value compared to zero. What is absolute value?

  22. Outcomes- Hoped for and some never dreamed of • More work completed by students • Small groups easier to put together • Students motivated for learning • Connection to learning for students • Strengths and areas to work on • Communication with intervention teacher • Study Guide • Success rate of students

  23. Parent Feedback • “I know where to help my child.” • “Can you do other units like this?” • “Strange and new.” • “I now know where my child does well and what we need to work on.” • “I am proud of my daughter and we talk about her progress.”

  24. Student Feedback • “I like it because it lets you know if you’re proficient or not. Also, it lets you know what the problems causes were.” • “This is really cool. I wonder if we’ll do this again sometime.” • “It helped me stay on track, so I knew where I was.” • “It helped me to figure out what I need to spend the most time studying.” • “It shows what I’m getting better at!!” • “It helped me know what I don’t know so you could help me.”

  25. My journey continues…. What I have learned….. What I am trying this upcoming school year….. Conversations and collaborating……

  26. Overview • Questions • Comments • Email list sign-up for group

  27. Contact Information • Holly Johnson • 6th Grade Teacher and Middle School Curriculum and Assessment Coordinator • Lamphere Schools • John Page Middle School • johnsonh@lamphere.k12.mi.us • (248) 589-3428

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