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Frequently Asked Questions - Target Based Grading Frequently Asked Questions - Target Based Grading Frequently Asked QuestionsSeptember 12, 2017Parent Meeting - Target Based Grading/MS & HS1.Does a score of 3 midpoint perfection?  No.  A score of 3 ways your child has demonstrated content proficiency and skill using of the outcomes for the particular target at this point in the school year. Please see the descriptions below. 2.Is this transpiration well-nigh valedictorians?  No.  Target based grading is all well-nigh providing a well-spoken snapshot of a student’s proficiency on wonk and behavioral skills at a particular time.3.Can a student only earn a 3 at the end of the year?             A student may demonstrate proficiency on a target at unendingly within the school year. The complexity of the target may transpiration over time, but the score students are receiving is based on the desired expectation at that point in time. 4.What is the correlation between the “new” system and the “old” system?Based on the work of a team of teachers from the middle school and upper school, as well as administrators from the district, data from both buildings was used to create the new scale.Withoutexamining many options for what scale to use, the scale unelevated is representative of the unconfined correlation between the previous scale using percentages and the 12 point scale and the current scale stuff used for our target-based grading system.         5.Was there a financial motivation for the school?No.  No dollars are associated with using or not using a target based grading system.6.Is there data indicating this is successful?        Since moving to a target-based grading and reporting approach, Winneconne’s towage scores have unfurled to increase. Most recent scores will be provided to all stakeholders in the polity in early October. 7.Do colleges/universities winnow this grading system?        Yes.  Many universities use a similar grading scale.  The upper school transcript will still squint like it did in previous years in terms of undertow grades.8. Is there a unrepealable value of targets required in each curriculum area?        No.  This is up to the teacher(s).9.How does target based grading make largest students/prepare students largest for college?Our number one goal for our students is to ensure they learn. This process gives students opportunities to unmistakably understand what they know and what their struggles may be. By ensuring kids learn, we are confident that will lead to less gaps in their learning as they move onto higher or career without upper school. 10.Can a student exceed a 3?        No.  A proficiency score of a 3 is the highest level of attainment.11.Can you retake a summative assessment?Yes.  A student may reassess on target(s) without they have demonstrated new vestige of learning on that target.12.How do teachers finger well-nigh the system?Overall, the teachers have embraced the change.  They recognize the importance of learning versus a final grade.13.What made us identify this a needed change?Six years ago, we started looking at our grading practices.  As we learned, it became increasingly and increasingly unveiled that students’ grades should be based on how well they comprehend a specific target at a point in time and not a percentage of work completed or an stereotype of scores from one point in time to the next.  Target-based proficiency grading empowers students to understand their own learning strengths and areas that need improvement.  Students get uncontrived and timely feedback on the areas/skills that they need to focus on.14.  Why isn’t homework included in the wonk grade?Homework is a tool that helps learning (practice).  We do not want to penalize students when going through the learning process. Homework completion is assessed in the student’s behavioral/life skills grade.        Published by Google Drive–Report Abuse–Updated automatically every 5 minutes