ObjectivesProvide information to parents on:

Advantages of the report card’s formatStandards-Based Grading (SBG)

The look of the report cardThe schedule for trimester reporting periods

What is Standards-Based Grading (SBG)?

In a standards-based reporting system, teachers report what students know and are able to do relative to the Common Core and/or Core Curriculum Content Standards.

What does SBG include?oDefined learning targets instead of

points/percentages

oVarious forms of assessments

oRecord keeping that allows teachers to adjust learning practices to meet the needs of students

oStudent reflection and responsibility

Increase in Student Achievement

What Are the Components?Standards

Behaviors That Support Learning (BTSL)English Language ArtsMath

Descriptions of StandardsUser-friendly terms of the students’ learning

targets

Grading Scale Labels

Reading Level

Teacher Comments

Behaviors That Support LearningThis category describes skills important to a student’s ability to be successful in school.Work habitsSocial and Emotional DevelopmentAbility to Self Regulate BehaviorReported from kindergarten to 6th grade and skills are assigned using a rubric.

Example of a BTSL page

English Language ArtsReading LiteratureReading for InformationFoundational SkillsWritingSpeaking and ListeningLanguageReading Level

Example of the ELA section

Clicking on a standard will open the box that gives more descriptions as to what that standard entails

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Standard clicked onDescription of what skills the standard involves

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Reading LevelsReading Levels are reported using

assessments from the Fountas and Pinnell Leveling system.

Students “reading” in Kindergarten are expected to move through a number of levels and may use texts from level A in the beginning of the year through level D as they exit the grade.

A description of texts in each of the levels in the Fountas and Pinnell system is enclosed in the Parent Handbook.

MathCounting and CardinalityOperations and Algebraic Thinking

Operations and Numbers in Base Ten

Measurements and DataGeometry

Example of the Math Standards Section

Example of Math standard selected

Description of skills included in the standard

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Teacher Comments

A drop down dialogue box is available in the English Language Arts section.

Teachers will write comments to give a more personal description of your child’s progression in class for the 3 major areas.

Haley is a wonderful student. She has been working hard to be successful in school and is an eager participant in all classroom activities. In the next trimester we will begin to place more emphasis on reading and the skills needed to be a good reader. It is my hope that she will have learned more of her letters and sounds by that time so she can being to read grade level text. In math we will continue to build on the foundation placed in this trimester’s work. We will be moving on from activities using counting and cardinality and beginning to explore the properties of addition and subtraction. Haley needs some minimal support in counting but with continued work in school and completion of the homework activities I am confident she will be successful with the new material. Thank you for all of your support in the first trimester...Great job Haley!

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Grading Scale LabelsEX – Exceeding grade level cluster of standards

ME – Meeting grade level cluster of Standards

PM – Partially Meeting grade level cluster of standards

NM – Not Meeting grade level cluster of standards

NI – cluster of standards Not Introduced

The Scale is ProgressiveStudents work throughout the year to

accomplish all of the requirements of the standards.

Do not be alarmed if your child receives performance indicators of NM or PM for the first or second trimester s the skills will be revisited and reinforced.

Your child’s teacher will communicate to you if there are specific areas of concern. By the end of the year, we expect students to receive performance indicators of ME or EX.

Parent Handbook

More information regarding the Standards-Based report card is available in the Parent Handbook located on the Margaret Clifford School website, located under the Kindergarten tab.

Accessing Grades in PowerSchoolGo to swsd.powerschool.com/public

Enter your Username and Password

Click on the Standards Grades tab

Information will be sent home around 2 weeks prior to the posted Report Cards

1)December 2, 2013

2)March 12, 2014

3)June 12, 2014 (or the

last day)

Trimester Dates

QuestionsPlease contact:

1)Your child’s teacher

2) Jamie Flick, MCS principaljflick@swedesboro-woolwich.com or 856-241-1552 ext.3000

3) Rachael Anderson, Instructional Supervisor for SWSD and SHSD randerson@kingsway.k12.nj.us

Thank you!!!!