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Standards


Before standards-based grading can occur, standards must be added to a class. What is a standard? In Easy Grade Pro, a standard consists of an ID, level, text, rubric, grading method, and weight. Here is a partial list of standards for middle school science showing these attributes:

ID

Level

Standard Text

Rubric

Grading

Weight

SCI 1

Standard

SYSTEMS: The student knows and applies scientific concepts and principles to understand the properties, ...

4-Point

Avg. Of Strands

1.00

SCI 1.1

Strand

 

Properties: Understand how properties are used to identify, describe, and categorize substances, materials, and objects

4-Point

Avg. of Indicators

1.00

SCI 1.1.1

Indicators

 

 

Understand how to use physical and chemical properties...

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 1.1.2

 

 

 

Understand the positions, relative speeds, and changes...

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 1.1.3

 

 

 

Understand sound waves, water waves, and light waves...

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 1.2

Strand

 

Structures: Understand how components, structures, organizations, and interconnections describe systems.

4-Point

Avg. of Indicators

1.00

SCI 1.2.1

Indicators

 

 

Analyze how the parts of a system interconnect/ influence each other

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 1.2.2

 

 

 

Understand how various factors affect energy transfers...

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 1.2.3

 

 

 

Understand that all matter is made of particles called atoms...

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 1.3

Strand

 

Changes: Understand how interactions within and among systems cause changes in matter and energy.

4-Point

Avg. of Indicators

1.00

SCI 1.3.1

Indicators

 

 

Understand factors that affect the strength and direction of forces.

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 1.3.2

 

 

 

Understand how forces can change the motion of objects.

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 1.3.3

 

 

 

Understand that matter is conserved in physical/chemical changes.

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 2

Standard

INQUIRY: The student knows and applies the skills, processes, and nature of scientific inquiry.

4-Point

Avg. Of Strands

1.00

SCI 2.1

Strand

 

Investigating Systems: Develop the knowledge and skills necessary to do scientific inquiry.

4-Point

Avg. of Indicators

1.00

SCI 2.1.1

Indicators

 

 

Understand how to generate a question that can be answered...

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 2.1.2

 

 

 

Understand how to plan and conduct scientific investigations.

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 2.1.3

 

 

 

Apply understanding of how to construct a scientific...

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 2.2

Strand

 

Nature of Science: Understand the nature of scientific inquiry.

4-Point

Avg. of Indicators

1.00

SCI 2.2.1

Indicators

 

 

Apply curiosity, honesty, skepticism, and openness when...

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 2.2.2

 

 

 

Understand that scientific theories explain facts using infer. logic.

4-Point

Power law

1.00

SCI 2.2.3

 

 

 

Analyze inconsistent results from scientific investigations to...

4-Point

Power law

1.00

Standard Attributes:

  • The standard ID uniquely identifies a standard just as a student ID is unique to each student.
  • It is common for lists of standards produced by educational agencies to display standards in a hierarchical list. In Easy Grade Pro, the standard’s Level indicates its position in the hierarchy. In the list above, there are three levels: Standard, Strand and Indicator. You may have all standards at the same level if desired. If you use levels, be aware that student scores can only be entered on standards at the bottom level. Easy Grade Pro will then use these scores to calculate the grades for the higher-level standards.
  • The Standard Text is the description of the standard.
  • The Rubric is the set of labels to be used to display a student’s performance on the standard. Each standard can have its own rubric.
  • Grading options include averaging, power law and manual. Standards that have standards linked to them from below are always automatically graded based on the average of linked standards.
  • The Weight can be used to make some standards worth more than others for calculations.

FAQ: How many standards should I add to my class?


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