CURRICULUM 2.0: STANDARDS-BASED

GRADING AND REPORTING

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

What is Standards-based

Grading and Reporting and Why are We Implementing It?

Why did we change? Traditional grading is often subjective

and combines everything in a subject into a single grade

Since each subject has multiple skills that must be learned, the grade does not tell you anything about what particular areas a student mastered or what areas are still in progress.

Traditional grades are often not consistent from one teacher to the next.

How is this better? More consistent standards across

classrooms Measures all students on a comparable

scale More accurately shows families specific

areas of strength and areas that are in development

Tells us what students have actually learned

Looks at knowledge over time; moving toward proficiency

What is the same What we value is still the

same, what has changed is the way in which we communicate the information to you.

We want all students to learn, to become responsible, and to provide information to families about achievement

Why are we implementing standards-based grading and reporting?

New ES, P, I, N Grades based

on quality or depth of learning (proficiency and mastery)

Objective specific

Old

OLD O, S, N or A, B,

C Grades based

on the quantity or amount a child mastered (percentages and points)

Subject specific

In progress (I)

In progress toward meeting the grade-level standard.

Exceptional (ES)

Exceptional at the grade-level standard.

Meets the grade-level standard by demonstrating proficiency

of the content or processes for the measurement topic.

Proficient (P)

Levels of PerformanceInstruction begins at the grade-level standard. How the student performs at the grade-level

standard determines level of proficiency.

How

the student responds

Instruction on the

Measurement Topic

Not yet or minimal (N)

Not yet making progress or making minimal progress toward meeting

the grade-level standard.

PROFICIENCY!!!!!What is the goal?

How are Curriculum 2.0 and Standards-based

Grading and Reporting Aligned?

Curriculum 2.0 Organization

Measurement Topics

Related learning goals are organized into Measurement Topics.

Each content in Curriculum 2.0 contains two or more Measurement Topics.

Measurement Topics

Social Studies

Economics

Culture

Civics

Geography

History

What are the Components of the

Curriculum 2.0 Report Card?

Reporting ProgressThe goal is for all students to get a P

This may take more time for some than others

ES is not automatically given to students above grade level; instructional level and proficiency on measurement topics are separate areas

It is about quality, not quantity or speed

Standards-based Report Card

Subject

Measurement Topic

Standards-Based Report Card Social Studies (Grade 1)

P

P

P

P

ES

Reporting the Reading LevelKindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2

Math Enrichment/Acceleration

Learning Skills

KindergartenPersonal and

Social Development• Follows classroom rules and routines

• Interacts easily with peers

• Shows initiative and self-direction

• Uses classroom materials appropriately

Grades 1 – 3 Work Habits

• Follows rules and routines

• Completes tasks

Kindergarten – Grade 3

Thinking and Academic Success

Skills• Analysis• Collaboration• Effort/Motivation/

Persistence • Elaboration• Evaluation• Flexibility• Fluency• Intellectual Risk Taking• Metacognition• Originality• Synthesis

Learning Skills: Codes

Code DescriptionDEM DemonstratingPRG Progressing

N Not yet evident

Additional Information

Your child’s teachers School principal A Parent’s Guide to Curriculum 2012-

2013http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/elementary/guides.aspx

Curriculum 2.0 website: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/2.0/