Carla Dahl in ~ 7 t h Grade Math TeacherHedr ick Middle School , Medford, OR

Car la.dahl in@medford.k12.or.us

JOURNEY TOWARDS PROFICIENCY BASED GRADING

HOW ARE WE CHANGING OUR PHILOSOPHY OF GRADING PRACTICES?

A lot of discussion about Ken O’Connor’s

books!

How well a student can demonstrate core concepts

Assignments designed for practiceTask-oriented skillsExpected BehaviorExtra Credit

WHAT DID MY GRADES REALLY CONSIST OF?

Now, only the first bullet remains in my grades, the rest all support

the success of making the first happen!

In the Standards and their math journey K-12 In the reasoning for Assessment In the communication of Grading Practices In self-assessments of what a student knows and still

needs to know In the necessity for Suggested Practice (homework)

WHAT PROFICIENCY MEANS TO ME…

TRANSPARENCY…

HELPING STUDENTS BECOME AWARE OF THE STANDARDS…

ABILITY TO TRACK HOW THE STUDENT IS DOING IN EACH STANDAR

D … HOWEVER

,…

AVERAGING

OCCURS AT THE

BOTTOM MAKING UP THE

OVERALL GRADE.

ASSESSMENTS BASED ON THE STANDARDS AND ESSENTIAL SKILLS…

REPEATED PARENT

COMMUNICATION

LETTER SENT HOME TO

PARENTS AT MID-QUARTER

REMINDING THEM OF POLICIES AND

GRADING PRACTICES

Mastery (M) ~ Through extensive evidence, the student consistently surpasses the proficient level

and demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the standard.

Proficient (P) ~ The student regularly meets the standard and demonstrates a working knowledge of

essential skills, while there are still some weaknesses, the strengths are dominant.

Developing (D) ~ Though student is occasionally demonstrating a working knowledge of the essential

skills that encompass the standard, there are still more weaknesses than strengths.

Emerging (E) ~ Partial understanding and some skill demonstrated with greater omissions or errors

evident.Beginning (B) ~ No understanding or skill

demonstrated yet.

LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT MY GRADES ARE AND WHAT THEY MEAN…

USE OF MY PROFICIENCY CONTINUUM TO SCORE

AND COMMUNICAT

E A GRADE ON AN

ASSESSMENT

USE OF MY WEBSITE TO FURTHER COMMUNICATION

STUDENTSELF-

ASSESSMENT AND TRACKING OF PRACTICE

NECESSARY IN BECOMING

PROFICIENT OR ACHIEVING MASTERY

An example of how the MEDFORD SCHOOL

DISTRICT grade book system was

usedSP ~ Suggested PracticeQ~ Quiz QSP QQSP SP SPSPSP

SUGGESTED PRACTICE

and how it works…

An example of how the MEDFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT grade book system was used

SPB

B ~ Behavior

BSPSP QQQSP

A little room forreporting Behavior…

Weekly quizzesAssessing after

working through a few essential skills

Quizzes graded 0-5

Assessments will begin with emerging questions and then progress on to proficient and then mastery questions.

Display all standards on the wall K-12

Develop syllabus with the standards that will be covered and the corresponding essential skills that go with it.

Help students see their progression through each standard.

Work regularly with my PLC

SO…WHAT HAVE I TRIED AND WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?

Our five year plan has been put into high gear due to HB2220!

Developed an Assessment and Grading Philosophy

Put together 15 minute presentations for Professional Development that highlight the 15 fixes and created the Proficiency Continuum to present to teachers (MS and HS)

Secondary administrators became proficient in the philosophy through discussions and a book study

Committee met with a parent advisory to bring them up to speed on the philosophy

All Secondary teachers attended two-day DuFour workshop and implemented PLCs to unwrap all of our standards and identify Power Standards

In the process of revamping our current grade book system to accommodate a smooth transition for teachers

Created common codes for entering grades at both Middle Schools and High Schools

All North Medford High school teachers will be piloting PBTL along with groups of teachers throughout the other secondary schools

WHAT HAS THE

JOURNEY LOOKED

LIKE FROM THE

MEDFORD SCHOOL

DISTRICT’S POINT OF

VIEW?

Provide hours of Professional Development in the Philosophy of PBTL and time for collaboration within PLCs to make PBTL happen by 2013-2014 school year

Professional Development on our new gradebook and how to use it

Create a new report card for secondary schools (already have one in place for elementary)

Create an alternate report for effort, work habits and citizenship

Educate students on proficiency and explain how interventions in helping them obtain proficiency will work

Educate parents on what this means for their children through media, meetings, and many parent letters

Most of all, we realize that the only way for this to work is clear communication of what is expected of every teacher, parent, and student. We must ALL be on the same page!

THINGS OUR

DISTRICT STILL NEEDS TO DO

Carla Dahl in ~ 7 t h Grade Math TeacherHedr ick Middle School , Medford, OR

Car la.dahl in@medford.k12.or.us

JOURNEY TOWARDS PROFICIENCY BASED GRADING