stANDARDS BASED GRADING WMS Unit Sampler • 2013 stANDARDS BASED GRADING

START OF UNIT: LEARNING TARGETS Students receive these the first day of our unit. We often have an activity to “hook” students into the unit or preview the standards.

THROUGHOUT UNIT: ACTIVITIES

THROUGHOUT UNIT: FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS Focus on Assessment for LEARNING with an emphasis on FEEDBACK and opportunities for IMPROVEMENT DIGI (“Did I Get It?”/pop quiz) Homework Formative assessment=practice 10% of a student’s grade in our Science 8 class Score earned shown during unit At the end of the unit, “yes” (100%) or “no” (0%) What does this formative assessment communicate to: You as a teacher? Students? Parents?

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: DIGI MS5: Separating Mixtures Beach cleanup is a messy process that can involve separating lots of junk while trying to preserve the ecosystem. How would you separate a mixture of salt water, sand and iron nails? Extension: What characteristic properties did you use to perform this separation?

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: HOMEWORK

THE IMPORTANCE OF FEEDBACK Who gives feedback on formative assignments and assessments? Teacher Peers Self (the student) Consider: How to help students track formative progress How to help students reflect on next steps What do I understand? What do I need to review? What might I need more extensive help or tutoring with before the unit exam?

REVIEW ASSIGNMENT

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT Always individual Always scored by the teacher Provides information about where each student is at on each learning target at the conclusion of the unit of study 90% of a student’s grade in Science 8 Although it is at the end of the unit, opportunities for redoing the assessment are available

SUMMATIVE WRITTEN ASSESSMENT

SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

A WORD ABOUT PROJECTS Summative Should be individual Should be scored by the teacher A clear rubric should be provided in advance Consider what in-class supports will be available, especially for high-risk students Consider what redo opportunities will be available

REDOS Only for learning targets not passed (js/wws/smi) Student must show that she/he has reflected on the exam, practiced the learning target, and now understands it Student then must demonstrate understanding of learning target in a novel way We allow students to earn “up to full credit” after demonstrating understanding of a standard (no score penalty)

SAMPLE REDO SHEET

What does your GRADEBOOK look like??? Citizenship and Effort are tracked but are not part of the academic grade. Summative work uses codes (to, wws) that have percentages set in grading program (100%, 85%, etc.) Formative work turns to yes/no at end of the unit. Yes=100% No=0%

QUESTIONS??? If you come up with questions later, feel free to email Tana or myself. Jen: jegumas@seattleschools.org Tana: tjbryn@seattleschools.org