Standards Based Grading
Standards-Based practices have long been a part of our students’ learning and our teaching practices. We also use Standards-Based Reporting to clearly communicate the growth our students are making throughout the school year.
Standards-based refers to an approach to teaching, evaluating, grading, and communicating student progress. The Standards are expectations set by the State of Illinois.
In this approach:
- Students show their understanding, knowledge, and skills identified by the standards.
- The student’s progress is communicated to students and parents by identifying the student's progress on an identified standard.
This type of progress report replaces a letter grade on the report card. The Standards-Based report card will show a student's progress toward the specific grade-level standards.