Seesaw https://web.seesaw.me/ is a website that I use very often with my Kindergarten Special Education students and I recently started implementing it with my 4th grade Special Education students with remote learning this past year. The paid version of Seesaw for schools allows districts and teachers to upload state, district or grade-level standards. I feel colleagues will benefit from this site as assignments and submissions can be aligned to these standards. And teachers can also assess student work in the application based on the standards. 

https://www.marzanoresources.com/featured/teachers-guide-standards-based-learning

 

The chapters of the book include planning instruction with proficiency scales, instructing with proficiency scales, setting goals and tracking progress, administering quality classroom assessments and figuring grades, teaching exceptional students, communicating grades, and has resources and samples, as well as a frequently asked questions section. While it addresses many of the Guidelines, I would say that the specific one that is primarily addresses is Guideline 1: Base Grades on, and Provide Grades for, the Intended Learning Goals. Quite a bit of the book involves appropriately planning for which standards will be taught and how to appropriately teach them, so I feel that this guideline is really targeted

I think that this book will be beneficial to everyone because it touches on so many of the “unknowns” when it comes to standards based learning. Standards based learning is a wonderful way to assess and give feedback, but there are also a lot of challenges that come with it. This book takes on these challenges and gives specific feedback on how to deal with them from a practical standpoint. If anyone is planning on switching, it really is a great resource to have at hand. 

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Generic-Standards-Based-Grading-Rubric-3447627?st=24398e8188f535527f16482d89119b5b 

This is a great Rubric I found on teachers pay teachers for free! It provides four different areas of mastery on a 1-4 scale. For a student to receive a 1 or a support need score  the student can complete this task with a lot of support from the teacher. For a student to receive a 2 or partially meets standard score  the student has some understanding of the content provided, and can work independently some of the time. In order to receive a 3 or a near standard score the student has an understanding of the content provided, and can work independently most of the time. Finally for a student to receive a 4 or a meet grade level standard then the student has a complete understanding of the content provided, they are able to work independently and could teach it to others. It even has a place for the teacher to insert the standard on the left of the chart. I think it would be beneficial to copy and paste multiple of these rubrics onto one sheet and have the  math, reading, writing, science, social studies and speaking and listening standards all separate and have a different sheet per child. This would make assessing the child much easier. 

This addresses Guideline 1 of base grades, on and Provide Grades for, the Intended Learning Goals  but I think would also work for Guideline 5 of Keep Records That Can Be Updated Easily “Grade in Pencil.” The teacher can use this throughout the year and mark the students as they progress through the standard. 

It also gives many examples of the differences between traditional grading and standards based grading. This chapter hits almost all of O'Connor's guidelines.  There are also helpful videos included with this chapter comparing student understanding of traditional grading and standards based. 

 https://eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=EJ1228578 

The purpose of this article is to describe principles of standards-based grading, empirical support of standards-based grading, and several common challenges secondary school leaders may face when considering this philosophical shift.

This article is a nice synapse of the reasons a Standard Based Grading System is more beneficial and meaningful to student learning and success.  I think it does a great job of giving concise reasons behind the benefits this type of system can bring to our educational practices.  One point that really stuck with me was that it gives students an understanding of where they are at in terms of learning goals rather than just a grade or percentage point that is meaningless to them, especially if they are struggling with a certain unit or lesson. 

The guideline I think it really touches on is Guideline 2: Used Criterion Referenced Performance Standards as Reference Points to Determine Grades, while it also brings light to some of the others.  It has a nice comparison chart for a traditional grade book vs a Standard Based grade book and details what advantage you get from the latter.  Overall I felt the article gave me even more understanding of the benefits of shifting toward a standard based grading system.