1. stANDARDS BASED GRADING
WMS Unit Sampler • 2013
stANDARDS BASED GRADING

2. 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.

3. THROUGHOUT UNIT: ACTIVITIES

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: HOMEWORK

7. 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?

8. REVIEW ASSIGNMENT

9. 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

10. SUMMATIVE WRITTEN ASSESSMENT

11. SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

12. 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

13. 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)

14. SAMPLE REDO SHEET

15. 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%

16. QUESTIONS???
If you come up with questions later, feel free to Tana or myself. Jen: Tana: