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Hamline University DigitalCommons@Hamline School of Education Student Capstone eses and Dissertations School of Education Spring 5-7-2015 How Can Standards-Based Grading be Implemented into an English Language Arts Classroom in Order to Give More Accurate Feedback of Student Achievement Taunya Kolbinger Hamline University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: hps://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_all Part of the Education Commons is esis is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Education at DigitalCommons@Hamline. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Education Student Capstone eses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Hamline. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Recommended Citation Kolbinger, Taunya, "How Can Standards-Based Grading be Implemented into an English Language Arts Classroom in Order to Give More Accurate Feedback of Student Achievement" (2015). School of Education Student Capstone eses and Dissertations. 124. hps://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_all/124

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Hamline UniversityDigitalCommons@HamlineSchool of Education Student Capstone Theses andDissertations School of Education

Spring 5-7-2015

How Can Standards-Based Grading beImplemented into an English Language ArtsClassroom in Order to Give More AccurateFeedback of Student AchievementTaunya KolbingerHamline University, [email protected]

Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_all

Part of the Education Commons

This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Education at DigitalCommons@Hamline. It has been accepted for inclusion inSchool of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Hamline. For more information,please contact [email protected], [email protected].

Recommended CitationKolbinger, Taunya, "How Can Standards-Based Grading be Implemented into an English Language Arts Classroom in Order to GiveMore Accurate Feedback of Student Achievement" (2015). School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations. 124.https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_all/124

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Standards-Based

Grading Tierney, et al. states that the motive behind standards-based grading is to compare student work to the grade-level standard that needs to be met. Therefore, students are not compared to one another, but simply to the standard they are to master (2011). Standards-based grading simply measures the mastery of the content (Shippy, 2013).

If we want our children to show proficiency on standards that connect to the real world, then standards-based grading is the

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What is standards-based grading?

SBG is when a student’s performance is graded against the learning target, or standard, rather than against his/her peers. SBG only measures the student’s mastery of the content.

Why use standards-based grading?

Because it is a more accurate and detailed reflection of how a student is performing on each standard or learning target. It also makes it easier to analyze the student’s areas of success and growth.

Who benefits from it?

Students, parents, and teachers

Who are some researchers who support it?

Thomas Guskey

Jung

Bailey

Rick Wormeli

Ken O’Connor

…and many, many, more

Can my child redo any assignment?

Yes! As long as it’s done within the appropriate time frame.

Symbol Value Description

4 88-100% Exceeds Standards

3 63-87% Meets Standards

2 38-62% Partially Meets Standards

1 0-25% Does Not Meet Standards

NE n/a No Evidence

ELA Standards-Based Grading Scale

The scale below provides a break down of each category a student can achieve on formative (smaller assessments) and summative (large, end of quarter

assessments) assignments in the English Language Arts class.

One benefit to using this grade system is that the entire 100% scale is used to show levels of success, rather than the traditional model that uses 50% of the

grade scale as failing, which can significantly alter the overall grade.

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