Our school does not give grades anymore. Each grade level developed a rubric for every essential objective or standard expectation. We pre-assess each essential objective as well as post assess them. In First Grade, most of our assessments are through one on one conferences. We have rubrics for all subject areas. Before we begin teaching, we explain the rubrics to the students so they know exactly what is expected. The pre-tests, along with rubrics, and information regarding each child's progress is sent home in a data or target notebook. Here is a link to a short report about our school's grading system.
What do you think?
How does your school grade?
I would love to hear from you!
Our district hasn't used grades in a very long time. We have a standards based report card with a 4-point runic aligh to our old state standards and are switching the report card to the common core next year with a five-point rubric.
ReplyDeleteWe don't do grades either and it kind of makes things confusing at times. :( for our writing, we use a rubric and collect samples every quarter. We just gave a big state test, but that's about the only concrete grades we'll get back. Mainly, it's just a lot of work samples and anecdotal notes. I like your idea of more rubrics. I feel like my district needs something more concrete.
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We don't use grades in K-2. In K we do most of our assessments one on one and I feel like I get a better grasp of what my kiddos know.
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Deanna Jump includes it on her blog, Mrs. Jump's Class. http://mrsjumpsclass.blogspot.com/search?q=my+neighbor%27s+dog. I just typed it and put it on my document camera so all my students could see. Plus, it was faster than writing it on sentence strips or on a poster. I will update my post and include the link to my pdf on Google Docs. Thanks for asking!
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