Developing Standards-Based Report Cards
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"Guskey and Bailey offer realistic solutions to improving how educators communicate a student's academic progress to all stakeholders. Their work provides a faculty with the research, step-by-step guidelines, and reporting templates to begin the dialogue to develop a standards-based report card. Without a doubt, this work is a model for schools that want to improve their system of grading and reporting. It certainly has transformed ours!"
—Jeffrey Erickson, Assistant Principal
Minnetonka High School, MN
Develop standards-based report cards that are meaningful to students, parents, and educators!
Although schools have moved toward standards-based curriculum and instruction, grading practices and reporting systems have remained largely unchanged. Helping school leaders gain support for transitioning from traditional to standards-based report cards, this book guides educators in aligning assessment and reporting practices with standards-based education and providing more detailed reports of children's learning and achievement.
A standards-based report card breaks down each subject area into specific elements of learning to offer parents and educators a more thorough description of each child's progress toward proficiency. This accessible volume:
- Provides a clear framework for developing standards-based report cards
- Shows how to communicate with parents, students, and other stakeholders about changes
- Illustrates how to achieve grading consistency without increasing teachers' workloads or violating their professional autonomy
Filled with examples of standards-based report cards that can be adapted to a school's needs, this practical resource shows district and school administrators how to establish reporting practices that facilitate learning.
Contents
About the Authors
- 1. Getting Started
- The Difficulty of Change
- The Need for Change
- Why Standards Instead of Letter Grades?
- Guiding Premises
- Our Purpose
- Our Organizational Scheme
- Our Hope
- 2. The Importance of Standards
- Defining "Standards"
- Five Essential Understandings
- Standards-Based Report Card Development Levels
- Summary
- 3. Defining the Purpose
- Purpose Questions
- Leading Discussions About Purpose
- Key Questions in Defining the Purpose
- Making the Purpose Clear
- Method Follows Purpose
- Purpose Determines the Development Process
- Multiple Purposes Means Multiple Reporting Elements
- Focus on a "Reporting System"
- Summary
- 4. Developing Reporting Standards
- Reporting Standards
- The Development Process
- Three Types of Learning Goals
- Conflicts in Reporting on Different Learning Goals
- Meaning Solutions to the Conflicts
- Summary
- 5. Essential Steps in Development: Part I
- Crucial Questions in the Development Process
- Summary
- 6. Essential Steps in Development: Part II
- Additional Crucial Questions in the Development Process
- Summary
- 7. Developing Reporting Forms
- Defining the Purpose
- Selecting the Method Based on the Purpose
- Effective Reporting Forms
- Combining Methods of Reporting
- Format and Graphic Layouts
- Design Processes
- Additional Sample Reporting Forms
- 8. Piloting and Revising
- Broad-Based Involvement
- Focus Groups
- Parent, Teacher, and Student Surveys
- Test-Driven Reporting
- Back to the Drawing Board
- Informing the Community
- Professional Development
- Parent Education Programs
- 9. Beyond the Report Card: Developing a Reporting System
- The Importance of Purpose
- The Challenge of Communications
- Tools for a Comprehensive Reporting System
- Guidelines for Better Practice
- Summary
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
"Guskey and Bailey offer realistic solutions to improving how educators communicate a student's academic progress to all stakeholders. Their work provides a faculty with the research, step-by-step guidelines, and reporting templates to begin the dialogue to develop a standards-based report card. Without a doubt, this work is a model for schools that want to improve their system of grading and reporting. It certainly has transformed ours!"
—Jeffrey Erickson, Assistant Principal
Minnetonka High School, MN
Develop standards-based report cards that are meaningful to students, parents, and educators!
Although schools have moved toward standards-based curriculum and instruction, grading practices and reporting systems have remained largely unchanged. Helping school leaders gain support for transitioning from traditional to standards-based report cards, this book guides educators in aligning assessment and reporting practices with standards-based education and providing more detailed reports of children's learning and achievement.
A standards-based report card breaks down each subject area into specific elements of learning to offer parents and educators a more thorough description of each child's progress toward proficiency. This accessible volume:
- Provides a clear framework for developing standards-based report cards
- Shows how to communicate with parents, students, and other stakeholders about changes
- Illustrates how to achieve grading consistency without increasing teachers' workloads or violating their professional autonomy
Filled with examples of standards-based report cards that can be adapted to a school's needs, this practical resource shows district and school administrators how to establish reporting practices that facilitate learning.
Contents
About the Authors
- 1. Getting Started
- The Difficulty of Change
- The Need for Change
- Why Standards Instead of Letter Grades?
- Guiding Premises
- Our Purpose
- Our Organizational Scheme
- Our Hope
- 2. The Importance of Standards
- Defining "Standards"
- Five Essential Understandings
- Standards-Based Report Card Development Levels
- Summary
- 3. Defining the Purpose
- Purpose Questions
- Leading Discussions About Purpose
- Key Questions in Defining the Purpose
- Making the Purpose Clear
- Method Follows Purpose
- Purpose Determines the Development Process
- Multiple Purposes Means Multiple Reporting Elements
- Focus on a "Reporting System"
- Summary
- 4. Developing Reporting Standards
- Reporting Standards
- The Development Process
- Three Types of Learning Goals
- Conflicts in Reporting on Different Learning Goals
- Meaning Solutions to the Conflicts
- Summary
- 5. Essential Steps in Development: Part I
- Crucial Questions in the Development Process
- Summary
- 6. Essential Steps in Development: Part II
- Additional Crucial Questions in the Development Process
- Summary
- 7. Developing Reporting Forms
- Defining the Purpose
- Selecting the Method Based on the Purpose
- Effective Reporting Forms
- Combining Methods of Reporting
- Format and Graphic Layouts
- Design Processes
- Additional Sample Reporting Forms
- 8. Piloting and Revising
- Broad-Based Involvement
- Focus Groups
- Parent, Teacher, and Student Surveys
- Test-Driven Reporting
- Back to the Drawing Board
- Informing the Community
- Professional Development
- Parent Education Programs
- 9. Beyond the Report Card: Developing a Reporting System
- The Importance of Purpose
- The Challenge of Communications
- Tools for a Comprehensive Reporting System
- Guidelines for Better Practice
- Summary
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
November 2009 | 248 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412940863 | $91.95 |
| Paperback | 01/01/2025 | 9781412940870 | $42.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/01/2025 | 9781452272269 | $39.00 |
"Guskey and Bailey offer realistic solutions to improving how educators communicate a student's academic progress to all stakeholders. Their work provides a faculty with the research, step-by-step guidelines, and reporting templates to begin the dialogue to develop a standards-based report card. Without a doubt, this work is a model for schools that want to improve their system of grading and reporting. It certainly has transformed ours!"
—Jeffrey Erickson, Assistant Principal
Minnetonka High School, MN
Develop standards-based report cards that are meaningful to students, parents, and educators!
Although schools have moved toward standards-based curriculum and instruction, grading practices and reporting systems have remained largely unchanged. Helping school leaders gain support for transitioning from traditional to standards-based report cards, this book guides educators in aligning assessment and reporting practices with standards-based education and providing more detailed reports of children's learning and achievement.
A standards-based report card breaks down each subject area into specific elements of learning to offer parents and educators a more thorough description of each child's progress toward proficiency. This accessible volume:
- Provides a clear framework for developing standards-based report cards
- Shows how to communicate with parents, students, and other stakeholders about changes
- Illustrates how to achieve grading consistency without increasing teachers' workloads or violating their professional autonomy
Filled with examples of standards-based report cards that can be adapted to a school's needs, this practical resource shows district and school administrators how to establish reporting practices that facilitate learning.
Table Of Contents:
- About the Authors
- 1. Getting Started
- The Difficulty of Change
- The Need for Change
- Why Standards Instead of Letter Grades?
- Guiding Premises
- Our Purpose
- Our Organizational Scheme
- Our Hope
- 2. The Importance of Standards
- Defining "Standards"
- Five Essential Understandings
- Standards-Based Report Card Development Levels
- Summary
- 3. Defining the Purpose
- Purpose Questions
- Leading Discussions About Purpose
- Key Questions in Defining the Purpose
- Making the Purpose Clear
- Method Follows Purpose
- Purpose Determines the Development Process
- Multiple Purposes Means Multiple Reporting Elements
- Focus on a "Reporting System"
- Summary
- 4. Developing Reporting Standards
- Reporting Standards
- The Development Process
- Three Types of Learning Goals
- Conflicts in Reporting on Different Learning Goals
- Meaning Solutions to the Conflicts
- Summary
- 5. Essential Steps in Development: Part I
- Crucial Questions in the Development Process
- Summary
- 6. Essential Steps in Development: Part II
- Additional Crucial Questions in the Development Process
- Summary
- 7. Developing Reporting Forms
- Defining the Purpose
- Selecting the Method Based on the Purpose
- Effective Reporting Forms
- Combining Methods of Reporting
- Format and Graphic Layouts
- Design Processes
- Additional Sample Reporting Forms
- 8. Piloting and Revising
- Broad-Based Involvement
- Focus Groups
- Parent, Teacher, and Student Surveys
- Test-Driven Reporting
- Back to the Drawing Board
- Informing the Community
- Professional Development
- Parent Education Programs
- 9. Beyond the Report Card: Developing a Reporting System
- The Importance of Purpose
- The Challenge of Communications
- Tools for a Comprehensive Reporting System
- Guidelines for Better Practice
- Summary
- References
- Index