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- What is standards-based grading (SBG)? It's a system of grading that is closely tied to mastery of the standards in the curriculum
- Disclaimer: we don't have all of the answers!
- Rethinking Your Grading Scale - E122
- Specifications Grading - E107
- Standards-based grading vs specifications (specs) grading
- ChemEd talk on Standards-Referenced Grading in Chemistry Classrooms
- SBG - 4 levels vs 7 levels (IB)
- Mastery Scales (example 1 and example 2)
- Building up skills from basic, to simple, to target, to complex
- Putting specific expectations into a hierarchical order
- Evaluations still don't have points grades - mastery scales are dependent on demonstration of mastery of those skills within each level
- Learning is broken down into modules (smaller than units)
- Overlap of skills between modules is possible
- Still doing multiple opportunities to demonstrate mastery of skills (2-3 attempts)
- Due dates are the same as any other school year
- Consistent test day each week
- Conferencing at midterm and final reporting periods to collaborate on grades
- Feedback practices remain the same, lots of 1-1 support
- Mastery - defined as 80% or greater (can be individual for each teacher)
- A slight step away from UnGrading
- Do you show the level conversions or not?
- How will students react?
- Mastery-based learning works for content retention!
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