Standards Referenced Grading

What's one of the first steps you can do in your classroom after today?

• Start from scratch and remake every assessment

• Remind kids, "it's about the learning, not the grade"

• Give lots of extra credit to boost student grades

• Throw out all of your content standards

Proficiency is based on a 100 point scale

• True

• False

Standards Referenced Grading (SRG) is all about assessing students on the mastery of content standards

• True

• False

According to an article published by Education Week, the number one motivator for students to work harder in class is having a teacher who knows their content well.

• True

• False

The WHY behind SRG includes all of the following EXCEPT...

• Improves grading equity between classes

• Takes "soft skills" out of the grade

• Increases grade inflation

• allows learning to continue

One of the challenges with SRG is it's a gradual process. It will take a long time to implement it properly in the classroom.

• True

• False

In a Standards Referenced Grading system, students are moved to the next grade level or course when all content standards have been mastered.

• True

• False

Proficiency is usually based on a 3 or 4 point scale.

• True

• False

SRG would be easier to implement if our grading system did NOT average grades.

• True

• False

Standards Referenced Grading is all about giving extra credit to improve grades.

• True

• False