• What is standards-based grading (SBG)? It's a system of grading that is closely tied to mastery of the standards in the curriculum
• Disclaimer: we don't have all of the answers!
• Rethinking Your Grading Scale - E122
• Specifications Grading - E107
• Standards-based grading vs specifications (specs) grading
• ChemEd talk on Standards-Referenced Grading in Chemistry Classrooms
• SBG - 4 levels vs 7 levels (IB)
• Mastery Scales (example 1 and example 2)
• Building up skills from basic, to simple, to target, to complex
• Putting specific expectations into a hierarchical order
• Evaluations still don't have points grades - mastery scales are dependent on demonstration of mastery of those skills within each level
• Learning is broken down into modules (smaller than units)
• Overlap of skills between modules is possible
• Still doing multiple opportunities to demonstrate mastery of skills (2-3 attempts)
• Due dates are the same as any other school year
• Consistent test day each week
• Conferencing at midterm and final reporting periods to collaborate on grades
• Feedback practices remain the same, lots of 1-1 support
• Mastery - defined as 80% or greater (can be individual for each teacher)
• A slight step away from UnGrading
• Do you show the level conversions or not?
• How will students react?
• Mastery-based learning works for content retention!

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