Developing Standards-Based Report Cards

Develop standards-based report cards that are meaningful to students, parents, and educators!

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 progress. 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
• Includes examples of standards-based report cards that can be adapted to a school’s needs

• On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting (A book for K-12 assessment policies and practices)
• Formative Assessment and Standards-Based Grading: The Classroom Strategies Series (Designing an Effective System of Assessment and Grading to Enhance ... Learning) (Classroom Strategies That Work)
• Practical Solutions for Serious Problems in Standards-Based Grading (NULL)
• Grading Smarter, Not Harder: Assessment Strategies That Motivate Kids and Help Them Learn
• A School Leader's Guide to Standards-Based Grading
• Grading From the Inside Out: Bringing Accuracy to Student Assessment Through a Standards-Based Mindset (How to Give Students Full Credit for Their Knowledge)
• What We Know About Grading: What Works, What Doesn't, and What's Next
• Standards-Based Learning in Action: Moving from Theory to Practice (A Guide to Implementing Standards-Based Grading, Instruction, and Learning)
• How to Grade for Learning: Linking Grades to Standards
• Rethinking Grading: Meaningful Assessment for Standards-Based Learning