Grading by Michele Gipe https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y Post your response to the discussion topic by clicking the plus button below. en-us 2025-07-11 17:23:37 UTC 2025-07-17 15:04:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4ac.png https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436088 Ensure CFAs and CSAs are standards aligend and coded by question

]]> 2025-07-17 14:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436088 https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436121 Revisit department grading norms to ensure alignment to core beliefs

]]> 2025-07-17 14:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436121 https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436200 Encourage and push PLT group for consistency and the difficult conversations to move to a 0-4 scale and what that looks like for their content.

]]> 2025-07-17 14:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436200 https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436281 Time to work with teams and departments.

]]> 2025-07-17 14:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436281 https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436285 Continue to build formative and summative assessments that align with the agreed upon essential standards

]]> 2025-07-17 14:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436285 https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436426 PLT leaders can make sure all teachers on their team have the same understanding of standards and are therefore grading them the same way. They can also make sure standards are being communicated to parents in the same way.

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  • share the information that I learned today.

    • ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436486     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436503 Better (more clear) alignment of CFA's to standards.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436503     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436525 Develop SHORT assessments aligned with standards / report cards. Label current assessments with standards.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436525     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436544 Pilot group at CHS?

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436544     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436545 For math benchmarks/quizzes: Checklists of standards that can be stapled onto the assessment and sent home to clearly communicate which skills were mastered and which weren't.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436545     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436599 Ensure an understanding of SB grading and provide examples to assist in the transition at the secondary level.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436599     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436614 Facilitate conversations regarding current grading practices and the shift to standards based grading to ensure consistency within a department.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436614     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436685 Decide what standards are most important for that marking period and create a grade book that will go with it to help with report cards.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436685     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436716 streamlining assessments to make them more standards aligned so that it can streamline report cards, as well as making sure the team teachers all understand the standards

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436716     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436724 Stop grading homework. Share the 'why' with colleagues, and be the initiator of best practices.



    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436724     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436749 Discussing consistency with grading and assessing, grading together in PLTs

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436749     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436951 Help identify key standards and assist in creating ways on how to communicate what these standards mean to students and caregivers.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436951     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436963 Time to work in teams

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522436963     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437000 All teaching directly aligned with standards, so when we assess it we are assessing the standards and skills.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437000     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437017 assist in making sb assessments clear across the grade with CFA's, etc.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437017     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437034 Assessments are designed to effectively align with the standard.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437034     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437075 Time for assessment writing, coding, analysis, AND unit planning.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437075     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437093 Grade level and/or department teams can participate in shared grading so they can see if they are consistent with definition of 1-4 scale.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437093     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437162 Consistency, Clarity, and Transparency across grade level in grading efforts within a PLT

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437162     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437183 Time to go through standards and plan accordingly with our teams.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437183     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437220 Consistency, time with teams, and programs

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437220     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437226 Need time (lots of it), these conversations take more than an hour sometimes, on top of actually creating new rubrics/materials.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437226     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437228 time to go through assessments to streamline them for standards based grading, or create new ones if needed

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437228     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437243 PLT leaders can meet with their team to discuss a consistent grading for assessments, and we could meet district wide to have common assessments and grading system.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437243     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437260 Examples of standards based report cards to help educate and reassure resistant staff.


    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437260     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437266 Continue to guide consistency in the department with assessments and SB grading.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437266     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437284 PLT leaders could work to coordinate PG Time to more accurately reflect student needs across grade level. Identify areas of growth and reteach/reassessment but also opportunities for extension and enrichment.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437284     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437300 Creating more CF/SAs and using time (in and out of class) to review data with team, students and families.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437300     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437320 #1) Time

    #2) Examples of what standards based grading looks like at the HS.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437320     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437336 Maybe looking at grade books that reflect standards based grading to help teachers accurately record their grades.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437336     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437348 Guidelines and examples of how to setup gradebooks and TIME to implement changes.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437348     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437387 Parents should get communication from admin of how 1-4 scale works. It should be explictly taught that some skills or standards on the report card are meant to be mastered by the end of the year (multiplying fluently) , and that 2s - mean that they are building that skill and is not a negitive score. The goal is 3s by the end of the year for many of the skills.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437387     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437391 Help grade level teams decide on standards based assessments that align with report card grades/expectations

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437391     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437591 Some time during half days and PLT time, specific directives for weighting recency and frequency.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437591     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437611 Teachers are in alignment with the expectations, consistent

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437611     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437674 Time to develop/align CFA's.

    Time to reteach/reassess.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437674     cburke111 https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437692 Support team understanding of grading mission and vision beliefs to ensure consistency among the grade level. Also encourage teachers to communicate with parents clear targets and standards for the grade.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437692     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437780 Common time to work is very important.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437780     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437786 Time

    Opportunities for feedback

    ]]>     2025-07-17 14:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437786     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437835 Meet with PLT grade-level teams across the district to have consistency with grading efforts.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 15:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437835     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437940 We need time to work through some of these major shifts. Also, it would be helpful to see what other gradebooks and report cards look like. This will help teachers conceptualize how this works.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 15:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437940     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437945 Clear and consistent guidelines for the whole building.

    ]]>     2025-07-17 15:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437945     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437989 It would be helpful to have premade ways of assessing students for WIN groups and how to track to the progress they've made each cycle.

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  • TIME!

  • Continued professional development on best practice (for both leaders and larger staff)

  • Consistent reminders on what collaboration is


    • ]]>     2025-07-17 15:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522437994     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522438131 Examples or models for what SchoolTool would look like using student centered language. Examples or guides on how to communicate sb grading to students and parents.


    ]]>     2025-07-17 15:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522438131     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522438185 Time to go through common assessments and grading district wide that can help with WIN as well as report card benchmarks

    ]]>     2025-07-17 15:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522438185     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522438195 What will the new report card look like, and how will teachers "build it?"

    ]]>     2025-07-17 15:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522438195     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522438685 Clarification around what level of achievement / demonstration of knowledge constitutes a "4 - Exceeds Expectations" for each subject.


    TIME to develop short CFAs that connect to to current curriculum.


    Reducing the length of report cards so they are more manageable to complete. (And clarify expectations around comments. Many special areas do not add any comments at all. So... is this now optional?)

    ]]>     2025-07-17 15:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522438685     https://padlet.com/esmcla/6bbrzh3nvq3dqq9y/wish/3522440416 Pull together for department members the documents we explored today, especially the start, stop, continue.

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