Standards-Based Grading Overview - NEW!

Standards-based grading (SBG) is a way of measuring learning that focuses on how well a student understands specific skills or concepts instead of earning points for performance on homework, quizzes and tests.

Instead of getting one overall grade students are graded on individual learning standards or skills, such as "Student can count numbers from 1 to 100."  or "Student can name, in order, all the planets in our solar system."

Each standard is scored separately and ClassReach Standards-Based Grading (SBG) does not average the standards scores together for an overall grade.  The teacher can optionally grade each standard for each Grading Unit (quarterly, semester, etc) and the final Grading Unit would be considered the standard met for that school year.

How it works

1. School Admins create the SBG Scale(s) for the school
2. School Admins create the Categories of the the standards for the school
3. School Admins create the list of standards for the school
4. School Admins add standards to each Course that is using SBG.

Notes

• Every Section of that Course will be able to use the Course Standards
  • The Standards are located as a separate tab of the Gradebook
  • see the Sections Article linked here

• For each standard, students get a score that shows their level of mastery

• An example SBG Scale is:

  • 4 – Advanced understanding

  • 3 – Proficient (meets the standard)

  • 2 – Developing

  • 1 – Beginning