Standards-Based Grading in APS

Discussing grading standards in Aurora Public Schools.

This site allows members of the Standards-Based Grading Group to discuss ideas and issues through an online web forum.

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Ken Jensen

SBG and Eligibility at the High School Level 1 Reply

Started by Ken Jensen. Last reply by Nicole Serinaldi Oct 19.

Rich Patterson

Secondary Physical Education 2 Replies

Started by Rich Patterson. Last reply by Chris Hunt Oct 6.

Rich Patterson

Secondary Art 7 Replies

Started by Rich Patterson. Last reply by Susan Olezene Oct 4.

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Linda Hicks is now a member of Standards-Based Grading in APS
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November 18
Amy Gallegos, Karen Marie McBroom and Kristin N. Denner joined Standards-Based Grading in APS
November 11
Brian Sundine is now a member of Standards-Based Grading in APS
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October 20
Nicole Serinaldi replied to Ken Jensen's discussion 'SBG and Eligibility at the High School Level'
I would like to clarify. CHSAA only requires teachers to enter failing students on a weekly basis. Our concern was keeping all students and parents informed of where they are in grading, since one can no longer just look at a percentage in IC. I ...
October 18
Tina Janelle is now a member of Standards-Based Grading in APS
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October 15
Ken Jensen added a discussion
SBG and Eligibility at the High School Level
At this weeks High School SBG meeting we began the discussion concerning weekly athletic elgibility. The main struggle seems using a body of evidence based on our understanding of proficieny to create weekly letter grades for CHSAA. I have asked m...
October 15
Jing Chen Garcia and Ingrid M Levandowski joined Standards-Based Grading in APS
October 13
Chris Hunt replied to Rich Patterson's discussion 'Secondary Physical Education'
I am asking anyone who has piloted SBG to please post a screen shot of what your gradebook looks like in IC. This would be invaluable for teachers getting ready to start implementing SBG. If you have used SBG in the past, its as easy as opening up...
October 6
Ashley Dean is now a member of Standards-Based Grading in APS
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October 5
Nicole Serinaldi commented on Donn Martin's blog post 'Infinite Campus Grade Book Issues #1'
I have moved my gradebook to weekly eligibility so that I can more easily give feedback on a weekly basis. This has fixed most of my issues with IC. However, I now have a problem with typing in comments. On students who need to finish an assessmen...
October 5
Susan Olezene replied to Rich Patterson's discussion 'Secondary Art'
Hello! Please know that we do not modify the standards. We do however provide accommodations (more time, frame works, modification of the assignment, etc. for students so that they have access to the standard - based on the learning need and/or IE...
October 3
Susan Olezene replied to Rich Patterson's discussion 'Secondary Art'
Hello! If a teacher believes the piece of unfinished art work gives them information about the student meeting a standard or benchmark then the teacher may certainly use that evidence as part of the body of evidence to assign the achievement grade...
October 3
Susan Olezene updated their profile
October 3
J Franklin Horn replied to Rich Patterson's discussion 'Secondary Art'
Hi, All, If an art student does not complete work by the end of the semester, how is that work graded and how does that grade affect the overall grade? (We understand it depends greatly on other completed work and its quality, but the non-complet...
October 2
Donn Martin added 2 blog posts
October 2
J Franklin Horn replied to Rich Patterson's discussion 'Secondary Art'
Secondary art teachers have a SPED and/or ELD question concerning SBG. Previously, work habits could be factored into a student's overall grade which helped make assessing a SPED or ELD student more manageable for teachers and parents. However, s...
October 2
 

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Donn Martin

Infinite Campus Grade Book Issues #1

Periodically we will post Issues with solutions or workarounds.

Please feel free to comment with issues you have encountered.

Infinite Campus Grade Book Issue_10_1.pdf

Posted by Donn Martin on October 2, 2009 at 11:56am — 1 Comment

Donn Martin

Grade Book Set Up

Setting Up the grade book - Step by step using Infinite Campus lesson planner


SBG_2009_2010.pdf

Posted by Donn Martin on October 2, 2009 at 11:00am

Bridget Galindo

Secondary World Languages Curriculum Plan for 2009-10 and Beyond

Given that our new textbook resources are very dense, and given our alternating block schedule, Rangeview HS World Language Department proposes the following divisions of our textbooks. Please feel free to add your comments and ideas. This is just a starting place, but we would like to have a feel for what to expect next year, and then make adjustments as necessary.
Spanish 1: Realidades 1 0-3B
Spanish 2: Realidades 1 4A-7B
Spanish 3: Realidades 2 0-3B
Spanish 4: Realidades 2 4A -7B

However, gi… Continue

Posted by Bridget Galindo on April 10, 2009 at 3:49pm — 8 Comments

Dan

SBG in the World Language Classroom

I'd like to meet with other WL teachers that are already thinking about this.

Posted by Dan on November 13, 2008 at 3:15pm — 3 Comments

 
 

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