Workshop Overview

Standards-based learning is a transformative journey that goes beyond minor tweaks; rather, it overhauls your curriculum, assessment, and reporting, sparking the most impactful initiatives for school leaders.

This workshop emphasizes starting with a rationale and process for prioritizing standards in standards-based grading rather than starting with the grading system.

Welcome to a thoughtful and practical implementation process for each element of an effective standards-based grading system—highlighting the potential pitfalls, opportunities, and challenges.

Learning Outcomes

• Review the rationale and process for prioritizing standards and learn how standards-based grading involves more than just tweaking an existing system.

• Understand the what, why, and how of proficiency scale development.

• Learn how to create, refine, or be a consumer of quality classroom-based assessments.

• Explore ways to determine meaningful grades.

• Examine practical considerations for leading this transformational work in your school or district.

Supporting Documents

• Agenda

• Handout