Welcome toStandards-Based

Gradingat FHS

Community Meeting11/5/14

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Cheyenne Mountain-D12Lewis Palmer-D38Liberty-D20Coronado-D11CO State AverageFalcon-D49Sand Creek-D49Doherty-D11Vista Ridge-D49Harrison-D2Widefield-D3

College Readiness – Percent of Students Not Needing Remediation

41.0%

68.3%

Percent of Students Needing Remediationat the College Level

2012 2013 2014

Colorado 41.4% 40% 37%

Falcon 59% 43.3% 31.7%

Sand Creek 51.6% 57.3% 45.7%

Vista Ridge 48.7% 38.7%

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C+ Sem1D/F Sem1

83.5% 83% 82%

Grade Distribution Pre and Post SBG

Grade Distribution Pre and Post SBG(Percentages)

GRADE 2011/2012PRE SBG

2012/13POST SBG

2013/14POST SBG

A 33 31 30

B 27 28 28

C 22 23 24

D 12 10 12

F 4 6 6

Minimum Colorado College and Career Ready Determinations Established by the Colorado State

Board of Education

The state’s minimum College and Career Ready Determinations for English, math, science and social studies are set to match proficiency levels on the state assessment, higher education’s cut scores for placement in credit bearing classes, industry certificates, and the military’s cut scores for academic consideration for preferred career training. They are designed to be of approximate comparable rigor and will be refined, improved, and added to over time.

Minimum Colorado College and Career Ready Determinations Established by the Colorado State

Board of Education

Students must demonstrate competency in each content area using any one of the items in the competency demonstration menu for that content area. Students wishing to attend four year ‐postsecondary institutions will also need to meet the entrance requirements for their institutions of interest.

Competency Demonstration English Math Science Social Studies

CMAS TBD TBD

PARCC 4+ 4+

ACT 18 19 TBD

SAT 430 460

IB 3 or + 3 or + 3 or + 3 or +

AP 3 or + 3 or + 3 or + 3 or +

Verified District Capstone TBD TBD TBD TBD

Concurrent Enrollment Course C or + C or + C or + C or +

ASVAB 50 50

Select, Earned Industry Cert. Awarded (may qualify as interdisciplinary)

Additional State Board Approved Demonstration of Competency

Additions will be made as competency demonstrations become more standardized

Minimum Colorado College and Career Ready Determinations Established by the Colorado State Board of Education

Hanover Research Institute conducted a study on the relationship of standards-based grading and college admissions. Schools included in the study were Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Cal Tech, Columbia, Duke, Brown, University of Chicago, Northwestern and other top ranked colleges and universities.

“Generally, admissions offices treat all grades as welcome indicators of high school performance while implicitly acknowledging that every school has a unique perspective, student body and system. None of the college admissions offices contacted expressed a concern or negative view of a transcript based on standards-based grading.”

Leading Colleges are NOT ConcernedAbout Standards-based Grading

Frequently Expressed Concerns

Claims Response/ActualitySBG hurts my student’s chance of getting into colleges

There has been no decline in college acceptance or scholarships at FHS since SBG

Colleges do not know about SBG or understand it

Colleges are very aware of SBG as many states/districts/schools are using SBG

SBG only benefits the low students

High students are challenged to apply learning with SBG

SBG does not prepare my student for college

Remediation rates for college have decreased 27.3% with SBG

SBG is less consistent and more subjective than the old system

Both systems are administered by people so there are always some inconsistencies. We are minimizing those with SBG

Some of the States/Districts/Schools Using SBG

WisconsinMontrose

Washington

Adams 12

Adams 50

Aurora

Utah New Hampshire

Iowa

OhioCalifornia

Alaska

Florid

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Missouri

D20 some schools/depts.

Douglas County

Massachusetts

New York

Falcon High School

QUESTIONS?

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719-495-5527