1. Westerville City Schools Standards-Based Grading

2. Why a Standards-Based Approach? Feedback to teachers Feedback to students Feedback to parents *Research *Gives students time to develop and master skills

3. Different Way of Thinking Think of standards-based grading and reporting as a year-long continuum that communicates academic and social growth.

4. Parts of the Achievement Record Work habits Core academic areas Related arts

5. What do the #s mean? Work Habits 4 - Consistently 3 - Frequently 2 - Occasionally 1 – Support Needed

6. What do the #s mean? 4 – Exceeding grade level standards (Gr. 3, 4, & 5) *I can do the work all by myself, and I can do work that is even harder.

7. What do the #s mean? 3 – Meeting grade level standard *I can do the work that is expected of me all by myself.

8. What do the #s mean? 2 – Progress toward grade level standard *I can do some of the work, but I still need help.

9. What do the #s mean? 1 – Support needed to achieve grade level standards *I am stuck! I need a lot of help.

10. What do BLANKS mean? If there are blanks on your child’s achievement record, it simply means that standard has not been evaluated/assessed during that particular grading period.

11. What the FEEDBACK tells the teacher... Markings on the achievement record inform teachers of curricular decisions for their students When to reteach When to enrich and extend

12. What the FEEDBACK tells the student... Levels of achievement and growth Informs students on mastery of skills Students obtain multiple opportunities for mastery of standards through a variety assessments

13. What the FEEDBACK tells the parents... Student’s strengths Student’s weaknesses Ongoing feedback (Weekly)