Standards Based Report Cards:

From Theory to Practice

The Standards Based Model

STANDARDS

District, state, and nationally driven

CURRICULUM AND

INSTRUCTIONDistrict Strategic Plan, Curriculum

Committee Work, Professional

Development, etc. ASSESSMENTS

Portfolios, Unit Tests, Weekly Tests, DRA Protocols, District Assessments,

State Assessments, etc.

REPORTING

Conferences, Report Cards,TEAM Meetings,

Progress Reports, etc.

The information on this slide was adapted from Hudson Public Schools

Standards The MA standards are outlined by the

Department of Elementary and Secondary and incorporate the Common Core State Standards (www.corestandards.org)

The standards describe what a student should know or be able to do at an identified point in time consistently from school to school

Standards provide an outline of the required knowledge and skills at each grade level

Standards set clear goals for success and a pathway from grade to grade

Assessments

Formative (Inform instruction…used to guide decisions about differentiating instruction)

Summative (Summary of what has been mastered…used for grades and report cards)

Curriculum and Instruction

The standards do not dictate how to teach

Easton has developed a 5 year curriculum renewal plan that drives the work of our curriculum committees

Curriculum development includes suggested instructional activities, common assessments, rubrics and required content

Reporting

A variety of means are provided to inform parents of student progress (conferences, TEAM meetings, report cards, progress reports).

How will standards based report cards differ?

The report card standards have been aligned with specific assessments that will be used to determine student progress (These are summative)

The standard is an end of year expectation Students may meet the standard at any point

in the year Standards based report cards measure

mastery at a given point in time, not an average of grades

The report card allows a teacher to communicate the student’s progress towards meeting the standards

(Limited Understanding, Working Towards the Standard, Meets the Standard)

Reporting occurs at critical intervals during the year– K-2 January, June– 3-5 December, March, June

Parent Information Sessions Cathy MacLeod and Debbie DiCenso, Report

Card Committee co-chairs will attend October PAC meetings to provide additional information and answer any questions