My school system uses a standards-based approach for the design, implementation, and assessment of skills, up through grade 8. Implementing this was something of a learning curve: initially, I was a stalwart against it. I mean, if we got rid of individual grades in a class - no more As, Bs, Cs, etc. and replaced them with a 4-3-2-1 that ONLY assessed the skills, without taking factors like homework completion into account, weren't we inviting disaster? Wouldn't kids take advantage of this system?
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Five years into the implementation, I've gone from trying to be the 'guardian at the gate' - protecting the status quo - to helping run PD for other systems that are moving down a similar path. Honestly, I don't know if I could go back to my old grade system - the philosophical shift behind the shift in numbers was massive.
In order to facilitate this process in other systems, I created a short introductory handout designed to help with one of the more difficult facets of the standards-based approach: record keeping. I've included the PDF here, and hope you find it useful. If you're interested in the handouts I describe, or want any more information, let me know.
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