Developing Standards-Based Report Cards

Thomas R. Guskey, Jane M. Bailey, Thomas R. Guskey, Jane M. Bailey

• Publisher: Corwin
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9781412940870, 9781412940863
• eBook ISBN: 9781452272269
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

"Guskey and Bailey offer realistic solutions to improving how educators communicate a student?s academic progress to all stakeholders. Their work provides a faculty with the research, step-by-step guidelines, and reporting templates to begin the dialogue to develop a standards-based report card. Without a doubt, this work is a model for schools that want to improve their system of grading and reporting. It certainly has transformed ours!"
—Jeffrey Erickson, Assistant Principal
Minnetonka High School, MN

Develop standards-based report cards that are meaningful to students, parents, and educators!

Although schools have moved toward standards-based curriculum and instruction, grading practices and reporting systems have remained largely unchanged. Helping school leaders gain support for transitioning from traditional to standards-based report cards, this book guides educators in aligning assessment and reporting practices with standards-based education and providing more detailed reports of children?s learning and achievement.

A standards-based report card breaks down each subject area into specific elements of learning to offer parents and educators a more thorough description of each child?s progress toward proficiency. This accessible volume:

• Provides a clear framework for developing standards-based report cards
• Shows how to communicate with parents, students, and other stakeholders about changes
• Illustrates how to achieve grading consistency without increasing teachers? workloads or violating their professional autonomy

Filled with examples of standards-based report cards that can be adapted to a school?s needs, this practical resource shows district and school administrators how to establish reporting practices that facilitate learning.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Dedication
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Authors
• 1. Getting Started
• 2. The Importance of Standards
• 3. Defining the Purpose
• 4. Developing Reporting Standards
• 5. Essential Steps in Development: Part I
• 6. Essential Steps in Development: Part II
• 7. Special Cases: Secondary Schools, Special Education, and Gifted Education
• 8. Additional Development Issues
• 9. Beyond the Report Card: Developing a Reporting System
• References
• Index