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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By Definition, standards base grading means that only summative assessments are graded. So whatever Madison’s calling it or not calling it it’s definitely not standards based Grading. The 70/30 (summative/formative) is uniform in FCPS now.

The jmhs principal ends by saying not much changed, but it’s big changes- including allowing retakes for prior assessments. [/quote]

She said that students will continue to be afforded opportunities on reassessments on skills throughout the school year - that sounds like skilled based grading and if it’s not she should just say it’s over [/quote]

No, she didn’t. She said under reassessments, retakes are allowed up to 100% AND that includes retake attempts from prior quarters for rolling grade book schools. Reassessment meals retake here.[/quote]

I think this sounds like the current policy where a reassessment of a skill (ie data analysis) can happen in q3 for a grade in q1. This doesn’t really meet the spirit of a retake, but I worry will be allowed if skills based grading continues. [/quote]

This is better. This shows long term mastery/understanding instead of short term memorization. I wish every school did this![/quote]

But the other schools don’t do this! The whole point of this exercise was to standardize grading. Which seems to be happening for every school other than Madison. I think the parents, teachers, and students are not going to be satisfied with Madison being the special snowflake. The kids have already been the guinea pigs for long enough. It needs to end now. [/quote]

It does. It is uniform now. The prior posters do not understand the new policy.[/quote]

Are you affiliated with the school? This would helpful to know.  If it is no longer skills-based grading then I don’t know why the email did not say the pilot had ended. “Giving kids multiple chances to demonstrate mastery” is exactly the language they used before and was code that retakes were just on any random thing at some point later in the year that vaguely addressed the same “skill”.  Faith in Madison’s administration needs to be earned at this point and I have zero confidence they won’t try and game their way into claiming the old grading process conforms to the new requirements. [/quote]

I was a teacher with the county.[/quote]

Hopefully someone from the current administration will weigh in, but I’m [b]betting the vague wording in the email is how they plan to continue skills-based grading. [/quote]
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I don’t understand what you are saying. SBG is based on grading only summative assessments. The email says formative assessments will count for 30% of the grade, so it can’t be SBG. What do you mean by what I bolded?[/quote]

This isn’t the only issue with SBG. And she uses the words skills in her email so I’m pretty sure it will continue. [/quote]

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