Ellis SchoolStandards-Based Report Cards

Middle School Program

October, 2009

The History of Grading

Grades are standardized measurements of varying levels of comprehension within a subject area. Grades can be assigned in letters (for example, A, B, C, D, or F), as a range (for example 4.0 - 1.0), as descriptors (excellent, great, satisfactory, needs improvement), in percentages, or, as is common in some post-secondary institutions, as a Grade Point Average (GPA). The GPA can be used by potential employers or further post-secondary institutions to assess and compare applicants. A Cumulative Grade Point Average is the mean GPA from all academic terms within a given academic year, whereas the GPA may only refer to one term.

Standard Based Grading

Standards-based grading measures what a student should know and be able to do at each grade level according to New Hampshire state content standards. Under the standards-based system, students are graded on their achievement on grade level expectations.

Report Card “Features”

Students will be assessed on how they have met the expectations (EE, ME, AE, BE)

The summative assessment will used to evaluate students on standards

Standards/Clusters listed for the trimester. Students will also receive a letter grade There will not be – or + for letter grades.

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Letter grades will be based on all trimester assessments, formative and summative

Students will receive individual reports for each Trimester.

At the end of the school year, students will receive a final report which will include the third trimester report card along with an updated Trimester 1 and 2 report.

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Students will have the opportunity to work on standards not mastered from the 1st and 2nd trimester.

If students meet expectations for standards reported out for Trimester 1 and 2, this will be acknowledged in the end of the year report.

Letter grades are reflective of work completed for the individual trimester. Therefore, letter grades earned for the trimester can not be changed.

Letter grades are not cumulative.

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Students will NOT be assessed in Personal Development: Effort, Work Completion, Work Quality and Conduct.

Staff will use the PBIS standards of Responsible, Respectful and Prepared in evaluating Personal Development.

Staff will use the EE, ME, AE, BE grading legend when reporting out on Personal Development.

Standard/Benchmark/GLE/UnitEnglish 08 BAcademic Performance  Writing Workshop MEReading Workshop MEHairy Beast/Mechanics ME*Hairy Beast/Mechanics AELiterature Circles MEPersonal Development  Effort MEWork Completion MEWork Quality MEConduct EE    Comment:  

Social Studies 08 A Academic Performance  Constitution EEEconomics EEPersonal Development  Effort EEWork Completion EEWork Quality MEConduct EE    Comment:  

Physical Education/Health B

Academic Performance  Hygiene ME

Volley Ball ME

Team Sports AEPlays well with others ME

Personal Development  Effort ME

Work Completion ME

Work Quality MEConduct EE

   

Assignment Assessing Standards in Language Arts

ME

ME

AE

EE

B

8th Grade MathName   C D E F G H I J K M

Gr. 8 Integers eval-expre abs.val simpl. exp dist.prop commun. powers radicals sci. not hw grade GPA

  4 1 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 4 2.5

  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

  4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 2.8

  4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3.7

  4 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 2.5

  3 3 2 3 2 4 3 3 3 4 3

  4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

  3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 2.9

  4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3.4

  4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3.8

  4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3.5

  3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1.6

  4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 3.6

  4 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 2.6

  3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 2.2

  4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3.7

  4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3.9

  4 4 4 4 4 4 4       4

Collaborative Formative Assessments

“Collaborative scoring promotes fair and accurate determination of proficiency levels. Grades reflect student performance on summative assessments”

Common Formative Assessments

Ainsworth/Viegut Pg 13