This site provides information on the Common Core Standards Initiative and its implementation in the North Andover School district. Click on tabs below or to the right for additional information.
Other MA Schools
Boxford
Spofford Pond School (Grades 3 - 6)
Masco (7 - 12) uses traditional letter grades
Hopkington
unclear if they are using standards based report cards in any grades
Beverly
unclear if they are using standards based report cards in any grades
Newton
unclear if they are using standards based report cards in any grades
Arlington, Beverly, Burlington, Danvers,
Georgetown, Gloucester, Lexington, Lincoln,
North Reading, Reading, Salem, Stoneham, Swampscott, Wakefield, Walpole, Waltham,
Winthrop and Salisbury.
NY Times article
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/education/25cards.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
NY Times article
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/education/25cards.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Case Study: Methuen MA
Methuen is phasing-in a new, standards-based report card for grades K-6. There are currently no plans to alter the report format used for grades 7-12. The A, B, C grading system will continue in these grades, so that students applying to private high schools and colleges will have traditional transcripts to send.
Parent Survey Results
Standards Based Report Cards
Pros & Cons of Standards-Based Report Cards
http://whitmanms.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1708898/File/proscons.pdf?sessionid=d47300a6fe6ab9d0eff58a810c26cf6c
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Rethinking report cards
Linking report cards to state standards is the newest report card trend. Here's why schools are doing it and what you can expect if your school makes the change.
http://www.greatschools.org/students/academic-skills/350-rethinking-report-cards.gs
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A Repair Kit For Grading 15 Fixes for Broken Grades (white paper)
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Seven Reasons for Standards-Based Grading
Copyright © 2008 by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Educational Leadership
October 2008 | Volume 66 | Number 2
Expecting Excellence Pages 70-7
Standards Based Grading in High Schools
Standards Based Grading in High Schools
While efforts to implement standards-based report cards in high school has been slow to take effect (largely due to uncertainty about how to convert these grades to GPA and reluctance to adopt a nontraditional system)...many elementary and middle schools across the country have moved to standards-based grading and report cards, which break down academic subjects into content areas and reflect a child’s progress in each of them, often on a 1-to-4 scale. Work habits and behavior are usually graded separately. Advocates of the system argue that the traditional A-F letter grades are less informative about a student's performance and subject mastery.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/standards-based-grading-s_n_1665377.html
While efforts to implement standards-based report cards in high school has been slow to take effect (largely due to uncertainty about how to convert these grades to GPA and reluctance to adopt a nontraditional system)...many elementary and middle schools across the country have moved to standards-based grading and report cards, which break down academic subjects into content areas and reflect a child’s progress in each of them, often on a 1-to-4 scale. Work habits and behavior are usually graded separately. Advocates of the system argue that the traditional A-F letter grades are less informative about a student's performance and subject mastery.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/standards-based-grading-s_n_1665377.html
In the News...North Andover
The North Andover Middle School will pilot the new "standards-based" grading model in some classrooms, primarily based upon a teacher’s training and implementation of the program.
Instead of using the traditional A through F schema, the standards-based model will use detailed reports and feedback to mark student progress. The ideal of the new model is to allow parents and teachers to accurately track where a student is struggling or succeeding.
Read more: Back in session for North Andover - North Andover, MA - North Andover Citizen http://www.wickedlocal.com/northandover/news/x928641564/Back-in-session-for-North-Andover#ixzz2EGv6aVsA
Measuring Results
NAMS Standards-Based Education
In a standards-based system, which is part of the North Andover District Improvement Plan, teachers report what students know and are able to do relative to the Massachusetts common core standards. Essential reporting standards have been identified and will be articulated through classroom instruction. Work habits and social learning will be reported on the Habits of Learning process rubric. Our goal is that all of our students reach the proficiency level on identified essential standards.
The traditional A-F grading system categorizes student performance into a percent that then equates to a letter grade for each class such as science 85% B. In a standards-based grading system essential standards are identified with supporting benchmarks that reflect student performance on each one. A student may demonstrate learning progress at a proficiency level on one essential standard, and demonstrate learning progress at an advanced level which is exceeding the identified proficiency level of another essential standard. The standards-based system will provide students and parents more information on student progress and learning.
In a standards-based system, which is part of the North Andover District Improvement Plan, teachers report what students know and are able to do relative to the Massachusetts common core standards. Essential reporting standards have been identified and will be articulated through classroom instruction. Work habits and social learning will be reported on the Habits of Learning process rubric. Our goal is that all of our students reach the proficiency level on identified essential standards.
The traditional A-F grading system categorizes student performance into a percent that then equates to a letter grade for each class such as science 85% B. In a standards-based grading system essential standards are identified with supporting benchmarks that reflect student performance on each one. A student may demonstrate learning progress at a proficiency level on one essential standard, and demonstrate learning progress at an advanced level which is exceeding the identified proficiency level of another essential standard. The standards-based system will provide students and parents more information on student progress and learning.
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