Resources

PowerSchool Parent Portal

PowerSchool Parent Portal Orientation for 1st and 2nd Grade Parents  (Video)

• Includes information about accessing and navigating the portal, grade scales and calculations, and how to view your student's grades.

Videos

Elements of Grading: Effective Grading Practices

Problem with 100-Point Grading Scale

Toxic Grading Practices

Redos, Re-Takes, and Do-Overs

Penalties For Missing or Late Work

Late Work: The Penalty for Late Work Is Doing the Work

Grading Malpractice

References

Brookhart, S. (1994). Teachers’ grading: Practice and theory. Applied Measurement in Education, 7(4), 279-301.

DuFour, R. & Eaker, R. (1998). Professional learning communities at work: Best practices for enhancing student achievement. Alexandria, VA: Solution Tree Press.

Fisher, D., Frey, N., & Pumpian, I. (2011). No penalties for practice. Educational Leadership, 69(3), 46-51. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educa tional-leadership/nov11/vol69/num03/abstract.aspx

Guskey, T. R. (2011). Five obstacles to grading reform. Educational Leadership, 69(3), 16-21. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educa tional-leadership/nov11/vol69/num/03/ abstract.aspx

Guskey, T. R., Swan, G. M., & Jung, L. A. (2011). Grades that mean something: Kentucky develops standards-based report cards. Phi Delta Kappan, 93(2), 52-57.

Marzano, R. (2000). Transforming classroom grading. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

McTighe, J., & O’Connor, K. (2005). Seven practices for effective learning. Educational Leadership, 63(3), 10-17

Muñoz, M. A., & Guskey, T. R. (2015). Standards-based grading and reporting will improve education. Phi Delta Kappan, 96(7), 64-68. doi:10.1177/0031721715579043

O’Connor, K. (2010). A repair kit for grading: 15 fixes for broken grades. London, UK: Pearson Education.

Popham, J. (2011). Classroom assessment: What teachers need to know. Boston, MA: Pearson.

Reeves, D. (2004). Making standards work: How to implement standards-based assessments in the classroom, school, and district. Englewood, CO: Advanced Learning Press.

Schimmer, Tom. Grading from the Inside Out : Bringing Accuracy to Student Assessment through a Standards-Based Mindset. Solution Tree Press, a division of Solution Tree, 2016.

Swan, G. M., Guskey, T. R., & Jung, L. A. (2014). Parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of standards-based and traditional report cards. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 26, 289-299. doi:10.1007/s11092-014-9191-4

Wiggins, G. (1998). Educative assessment: Designing assessments to inform and improve student performance. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Research

PowerSchool. (2021, March), Standards-Based Grading: What To Know for the 2021-2022 School Year, Blog post.

Peters, Randal and Buckmiller, Tom (2014) Our Grades Were Broken: Overcoming Barriers and Challenges to Implementing Standards-Based Grading, Journal of Educational Leadership in Action: Vol. 2: Iss. 2, Article 2.

Veenstra, K. (2021), The Effects of Standards-Based Grading and Strategies for Implementation, A Review of Literature for Northwestern College, Iowa.

Carberry, A. R., & Siniawski, M., & Atwood, S. A., & Diefes-Dux, H. A. (2016, June), Best Practices for Using Standards-based Grading in Engineering Courses, paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.10.18260/p26379