1. Standards Based Reporting (and assessment) Paulina Aguilera, Treena Casey, Marianne Yong-Macdonald Shekou International School

3. The Process Of Implementation 1.Establish a standards based curriculum 2.Complete the circle by REPORTING to proficiency vis-a-vis the academic benchmarks 3. Create focus group representational of all divisions in order to create a tailored report card for the school: Common understandings (What do teachers want?) Elementary School/Middle School/High School What similarities should there be K-12? How will each look different? How will our ESLR’s be incorporated?

4. COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING The faculty looked over a range of standards based report samples and noted features they liked. The focus group created prototypes and asked for feedback from teachers. Worked with technology staff on the design of the report card. Final approval, implementation and revision.

5. COMMUNICATE with the SCHOOL COMMUNITY Parent information nights Coffee mornings Wednesday Weekly articles Teachers also responsible for communicating with students about the new system

6. SAMPLE

9. SAMPLE STANDARD BASED ASSESSMENTS Teacher developed rubrics are continually being revised Assessments are linked to the curriculum Let’s look at some!

10. MATH ASSESMENT

11. MATH ASSESSMENT

12. MATH ASSESSMENT

14. ALGEBRA ASSESSMENT

15. MATH ASSESSMENT

16. SCIENCE ASSESSMENT

18. HUMANITIES ASSESSMENT

22. GRADE 6: ART RUBRIC

23. SAMPLE ARTWORK

24. 7 ART RUBRIC

25. SAMPLE ARTWORK

26. ESLR’S IN ART

27. SAMPLES

28. MYTH BUSTER These new assessments are not authentic compared to traditional models Parents (especially with high school children) will not like the system Teachers will not embrace the change Numbers and percentages tell us more than “letters and symbols”

29. What’s So Great About It? Positive change in teaching practices Students talk in terms of their proficiency in their learning Students find many ways to demonstrate their learning and prove their learning Assessments take on the form of feedback rather than a judgment More accurate assessment of students’ learning Teachers know their students well

30. BUMPS ALONG THE WAY Teacher record keeping needed to change Consistency can be an issue across disciplines Equating proficiency to a grade for High School. (We’ve developed a system.) It takes TIME to really truly live this process The process is ongoing and teachers will all move along at a different pace- be patient Resistance does not mean teachers don’t like it- address deeper issues