AN EVALUATION OF STANDARDS BASED GRADING AT CARPENTER

AN EVALUATION OF STANDARDS BASED GRADING AT CARPENTER ELEMENTARY Camilla Giberson Gretchen D. Hynes Lake Orion Community Schools

Background of Standards Based Grading Implementation Research & Development • • Reading/Writing/Math Curriculum Dept. Tom Shimmer Report Card Committee Training • 3 rd Grade Teachers Spring of 2014 • Parent/Community Fall of 2014 and 2015 • 4 th and 5 th Grade Teacher Spring of 2015 • Tom Shimmer Fall 2014 Transition & Implementation • Grade Level Transition • Report Card • Professional Development • Stakeholder Feedback • Tom Shimmer Fall 2015 (Community)

Standards Based Report Card Lake Orion Standards Based Report Card Sample

Research Questions 1. How effective has standards-based reporting been in improving parent understanding of student achievement? 2. How effective has standards-based reporting been in improving student understanding of their own achievement? 3. How effectively are teachers transitioning to standards-based reporting in terms of teacher practice and understanding individual student achievement?

1. How effective has standards-based reporting been in improving parent understanding of student achievement?

2. How effective has standards-based reporting been in improving student understanding of their own achievement?

3. How effectively are teachers transitioning to standards-based reporting in terms of teacher practice and understanding individual student achievement?

3. How effectively are teachers transitioning to standards-based reporting in terms of teacher practice and understanding individual student achievement?

Conclusions § An overwhelming majority of parent respondents preferred traditional grading system. § Students did not have the same teacher year to year § Standards based reporting has helped students understand their strengths and weaknesses related to proficiency, even though they prefer the traditional grading system. § Teacher’s practices have changed due to standards based reporting, and their understanding of student’s strengths, weaknesses, and proficiency levels have increased. § Teachers who taught 1 -15 years were more positive, teachers who taught 16 or more years were less positive

Recommendations § Successfully implementing standards based reporting demands a close working relationship among teachers, parents, and school and district leaders (Guskey 2001 p. 27) § Report Card Committee § Lines of communication and availability of resources § Professional development (all stakeholders) § Rubrics and mentor texts to provide consistency Guskey (2001) and Jung and Guskey (2010) referred to three criteria that should be addressed for the successful implementation of standards based reporting: Product criteria, process criteria, progress criteria.

Implications for Future Research § Parent study § Comparative analysis of standards based reporting and student Mstep performance § Time Study § Larger scaled study to generalize the effects of standards based reporting § Student growth § Parent perceptions § Teacher effectiveness

AN EVALUATION OF STANDARDS BASED GRADING AT CARPENTER ELEMENTARY Camilla. Giberson@lo 12. org Gretchen. Hynes@lok 12. org