Standards-Based+Grading

**Do It? Standards-Based Grading in the High School English ** **Classroom **
 * Should Students Be Graded on What They Can Do or How They **

Should we be grading students on their ability to complete skills or their ability to be responsible and behave? If a student does not turn in an assignment or does not do well on a test, but they later prove they can accomplish that particular skill, should the previous zero be held against them? Is a percentage really communicating what a student can do? These questions and more will be examined in our presentation on the idea of standards based grading. The presentation will include a discussion on the philosophy behind the idea of standards based grading, insight into the process of implementing it in your classroom and a sharing of our experience with it in our English department this year. Our intention is not to advocate the idea but to discuss our personal experiences in trying it and open the conversation about what is the best way to assess our students' learning.

//<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Presenters: Jessica Rouse, Lloyd Memorial High School // //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Mary Brady, Lloyd Memorial High School //

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mary Brady and Jessica Rouse teach high school English at Lloyd Memorial High School in Erlanger, Kentucky. They are both Northern Kentucky natives but consider Lexington their home away from home- they both graduated from the University of Kentucky!