Resources for Standards-Based
and Proficiency-Based Grading

Videos:
Rick Wormelli: Standards-Based Grading
​Standards Based Grading and the Game of School: Craig Messerman at TEDxMCPSTeachers
The Powerful Play: A Look at Standards Based Grading and School Reform

Articles:
Making the Grades (ASCD article)
Honor Roll? Really (Rick Wormelli)
15 Fixes for Broken Grades Summary PDF (Ken O’Connor)
Competency Works (online informational resource)
Priority Standards: The Power of Focus - EdWeek article (Ainsworth)

Professional Books:

• How to Create and Use Rubrics for Formative Assessment and Grading (Susan Brookhart – ASCD)
• Developing Standards-based Report Cards (Thomas Guskey & Jane Bailey - Corwin)
• Formative Assessment and Standards-based Grading (Marzano - Solution Tree)
• A Repair Kit for Grading:  15 Fixes for Broken Grades (Ken O’Connor – Pearson ATI)
• Elements of Grading (Doug Reeves – Solution Tree)
• A School Leader’s Guide to Standards-Based Grading (Heflebower, Tammy, Hoegh, Jan. K, & Warrick, Phil - Solution Tree)
• Grading From the Inside Out: Bringing Accuracy to Student Assessment Through a Standards-Based Mindset (Tom Shimmer)
• On Your Mark (Guskey)

District Website Sampling for Communicating Standards-Based Grading/Reporting Info:
http://www.robbinsville.k12.nj.us/departments/curriculum/k-5_standards_based_grading
https://www.southharrison.k12.nj.us/domain/189
https://www.deperek12.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=782637&type=d&pREC_ID=1180544
https://www.carlisleschools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=95563&pageId=288792
https://www.pps.net/Page/775

Handbook Example
http://www.sheridan.k12.wy.us/userfiles/159/my%20files/revised%20grading%20handbook%209-30-2015.pdf?id=535411


Montana Districts:
Bozeman: https://www.bsd7.org/students_parents/standards-_based_grading_for_personalized_learning
Broadwater: https://broadwater.helenaschools.org/about/sample-report-cards/
Kalispell: https://www.sd5.k12.mt.us/3/Content2/152