01.+Standards+Based+Assessment

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Video
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A video on Standards Based Grading from Aurora Public Schools (the school who's reporting structure you all liked the best). media type="youtube" key="kIRjCQyS48E" height="344" width="425"

PHASE 1
Have a vanguard team of teachers experiment with the topic-based assessment and record keeping This step should take about one semester and requires no substantial change; report cards do not have to be altered, districtwide or schoolwide measurement topics do not have to be identified, and common assessments do not have to be constructed.

PHASE 2
Identify the measurement topics that will be used throughout the district or school, the software that will be used to keep track of student performance on the topics, and the grading system that will be used. no more than 20 topics within a given subject area ideally closer to 15 and within these topics a relatively few covarying elements should be identified.

**CONCURRENT WITH PHASE 2**
A group of knowledgeable individuals from the district should identify the computer software that will be used to keep track of student performance on topics. Ideally, the vanguard teachers have had the opportunity to try out an inexpensive version of the software during Phase 1

PHASE 3
Once Phases 1 and 2 are complete, the topic-based record-keeping and reporting system that has been designed should be implemented in states. As noted, Phase 1 and 2 should take 1 1/2 to 2 years to complete. Thus, the new record-keeping reporting system is not actually implemented until about the third year of the effort.

Classroom Assessment and Grading that Work - Robert J. Marzano pp 133-136