GRADING AND REPORTING UPDATE:

OUR MASTERY LEARNING SYSTEM USING STANDARDS-BASED

GRADINGSOUHEGAN HIGH SCHOOL

Our purpose for changing practice

SAU-wide strategic plan

Common reporting system

Competency based assessment model

NH Minimum Standards for

School Approval

Performance Assessment

Recording student progress in meeting

competencies

College and Career Ready

Standards

Require application of learning

Assessing deeper learning

Home – School Connection

Greater partnership

between teacher, student and parent to

support growth

Need for consistency in

grading practices

Equity within and across grade levels and

content areas

Separating academics from work habits

WHAT’S CHANGING? WHAT’S STAYING THE SAME?

What’s staying the same for current high

school students?

Report Cards

Transcripts

Performance assessments and use of rubrics

Division I Exhibition (current grade 10)

What’s different for current grade 9 and 10

students?

Academic Learner Expectations (ALEs)

Separated into academic standards and Work Study Practices (habits of work)

Teachers are scoring against specific academic standards

Common rubrics for WSP and academic standards are used

Scoring scale of 1-4 used on all assessments (even quizzes and tests)

Rolling grades and trendlines for on team courses

GRADE 9 LITERACY STANDARDS AND COMPETENCIES

RUBRIC – ELA GRADE 9 - THEME

SCORING SCALE 4 POINT SCALE

4 = Exceeding Beyond Standard

3 = Meeting Standard

2 = Approaching Standard

1 = Beginning Standard

Criterion referenced scale is in

relation to how students perform

on a standard

THE LEARNING PROCESS AND SCORING

When starting a new unit or presenting a new

concept, teachers present introductory lessons

(highest score is 2/2).

As students progress, they are offered more complex

material and tasks. They continue working and

learning until they reach the target (3).

The SAU 39 Mastery Learning System also allows

students to go beyond the target (4).

EXAMPLE OF SCORING A TRADITIONAL TEST STANDARDS-BASED

CONVERSION

SCALE

Converting Scale Score to Letter Grades

with Plus and Minus

3.75 - 4.00 A+

3.26 - 3.74 A

3.00 - 3.25 A-

2.84 - 2.99 B+

2.67 - 2.83 B

2.50 - 2.66 B-

2.34 - 2.49 C+

2.17 - 2.33 C

2.00 - 2.16 C-

< 1.99 NC

Future of Jobs Report, World Economic Forum

NH WORK STUDY PRACTICES

(HABITS OF WORK)

Creativity

Communication

Collaboration

Self-Direction

SHS Work Study Practice Self-Direction Rubric

https://www.greatschoolspartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Exemplar-HS-Transcript.pdf

How Selective Colleges and Universities Evaluate

Proficiency-Based High School Transcripts: Insights

for Students and Schools

75 New England

institutions of

higher education

state that

proficiency-based

diplomas do not

disadvantage

applicants

SAMPLE PROGRESS REPORT

SAMPLE

PROGRESS

REPORT

RESOURCES

• https://oneschoolstreet.org/mastery-based-learning-and-grading/

One School Street -Mastery Based Learning

and Grading

• https://www.pta.org/home/family-resources/Parents-Guides-to-Student-Success

PTA Guides – Grade Level Overviews

• https://www.education.nh.gov/instruction/curriculum/Standards