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are primarily a motivational tool - a bit of extrinsic motivation to complement what should be primarily intrinsic motivation to learn things.  They are also used to present students with some sense of standard that they are expected to meet.

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The purpose of grades to show how students are growing and where they are with what they are learning in the classroom

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While I agree with all that has been said about standards, grade inflation, etc. there needs to be some way of sharing information about development of academic habits/skills. This may be in SBG but I don't know if it is or not.

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While I agree with all that has been said about standards, grade inflation, etc. there needs to be some way of sharing information about development of academic habits/skills. This may be in SBG but I don't know if it is or not.

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Grades should guide instruction as informal or formal pre- and post-assessments. Grades can be used as data to show where students are excelling and where they are struggling, then be utilized to reteach anything necessary.

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Ideally, grades give students a read on their understanding of concepts and their mastery of the concepts.  Often, though, we use our grades to show good habit like the ability to follow through and follow instructions.

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Ideally, grades give students a read on their understanding of concepts and their mastery of the concepts.  Often, though, we use our grades to show good habit like the ability to follow through and follow instructions.

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Grades are a system to provide feedback to students.  They help students and parents track progress. They more often measure responsibility than actual ability.

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Represent students performance, achievement and mastery. However, when a student receives 85% it means that 15% hasn't been mastered, so what do we do? How do we address this and make sure they reach 100%?

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Allows students to see their progress towards specific skills in a subject area. Allows teachers to provide feedback to students.

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Grades are an extremely oversimplified way of demonstrating a combination of a student's effort and mastery of content.  Unfortunately they do little to show which one was a bigger factor.

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If a student has low grades, they should be given opportunities to reach mastery. If a student is consistently demonstrating mastery of content, they should be given challenges to deepen their understanding of content, or even the chance to advance.

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Grades should be used to demonstrate content mastery. That's all. I think we do need to report on progress regularly, even if that means "no grade available yet" if a student hasn't turned anything in. When I did SBG I would have empty progress reports if a student didn't turn in assignments based on a particular standard because a 0 wouldn't be accurate, either. Granted - this was before Powerschool, so I get that it's different now.

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Grades should be used to adjust and modify instruction to meet the needs of students for learning curriculum and standards. 

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Grades should be used to adjust and modify instruction to meet the needs of students for learning curriculum and standards. 

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The purpose of grades is to report student progress for content mastery.  Currently I believe grades are inflated and are not a true representation of how a student is doing in class. Grades are supposed to represent mastery of content.  However they often include class behavior and effort.  One reason for grade inflation is push back from parents / students for anything less than an "A".  Our current grading and report card process is not truly affective for communicating what is really going on in the classroom.

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The purpose of grades is to report student progress for content mastery.  Currently I believe grades are inflated and are not a true representation of how a student is doing in class. Grades are supposed to represent mastery of content.  However they often include class behavior and effort.  One reason for grade inflation is push back from parents / students for anything less than an "A".  Our current grading and report card process is not truly affective for communicating what is really going on in the classroom.

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Grades have multiple purposes depending on how they are used.  They measure content mastery, effort, and compliance. They provide a vehicle for two way communication about student progress on whatever criteria has been set. 

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Grades have multiple purposes depending on how they are used.  They measure content mastery, effort, and compliance. They provide a vehicle for two way communication about student progress on whatever criteria has been set. 

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Grades represent a student's mastery of the content.

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I think grades should let parents and students know how they are progressing with grade level material. If a student makes A's and B's all year, they are expecting to pass the EOG because their grade says they are doing well.....we know this is not the case for so many students across all grade levels and subject areas. Standards based grading can inform the student, parent, and other school personnel who needs more support on exact standards.