GRADING AND REPORTING UPDATE: OUR MASTERY LEARNING SYSTEM USING STANDARDS-BASED GRADING SOUHEGAN HIGH SCHOOL
SAU-wide NH Minimum College and Home – School Need for strategic plan Standards for Career Ready Connection consistency in School Approval Standards grading practices Greater partnership Common reporting Performance Require application of Equity within and between teacher, system Assessment learning across grade levels and student and parent to content areas Competency based Recording student Assessing deeper support growth assessment model progress in meeting learning Separating academics competencies from work habits Our purpose for changing practice
WHAT’S CHANGING? WHAT’S STAYING THE SAME? What’s staying the same for current high What’s different for current grade 9 and 10 school students? students? Report Cards Academic Learner Expectations (ALEs) Separated into academic standards and Work Transcripts Study Practices (habits of work) Performance assessments and use of Teachers are scoring against specific academic rubrics standards Common rubrics for WSP and academic Division I Exhibition (current grade 10) 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
Converting Scale Score to Letter Grades with Plus and Minus 3.75 - 4.00 A+ 3.26 - 3.74 A CONVERSION 3.00 - 3.25 A- SCALE 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
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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
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SAMPLE PROGRESS REPORT
SAMPLE PROGRESS REPORT
One School Street - • https://oneschoolstreet.org/mastery-based-learning- Mastery Based Learning and-grading/ and Grading PTA Guides – Grade Level • https://www.pta.org/home/family-resources/Parents- Overviews Guides-to-Student-Success Standards • https://www.education.nh.gov/instruction/curriculum/ RESOURCES
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