4+Action+Plan


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The following plan consists of the steps necessary to make standards-based report cards a reality:

1. Develop a district-wide grading and reporting committee PPPPP -Must include administration and representation from regular education and special education elementary, PPPPPPPPP middle, and high school teachers

PPPPP A. Begin revising report cards in the elementary grades PPPPPPPPP -Utilize the Common Core Standards for English language arts and mathematics PPPPPPPPP -Utilize the Wisconsin State Standards for science and social studies PPPPPPPPP -Utilize the Wisconsin State Standards for specialist and elective classes

PPPPP P B. Determine if elementary grades will only report on standards or have a combination report card PPPPPPPPP (Information provided about progress made towards standards with traditional letter grades)

PPPPP C. If a combination report card is decided on, a consistent grading scale must be developed for the district

PPPPP D. If a combination report card is decided on, discussions pertaining to extra credit expectations, zeros, PPPPPPPPP interventions, homework, and late/missing work will take place

PPPPP E. Execute a separation of achievement, effort/attitude/behavior, and homework grades on report card

PPPPP F. Determine if report cards will continue to be sent out quarterly or if a trimester system would be beneficial

2. Provide staff development time to educate classroom teachers PPPPP -Provide exemplars of student work pertaining to the varied skill levels of standards PPPPP -Provide rubrics, templates, and checklists that can be used for observation

3. Inform parents and students PPPPP -District and/or school parent information meetings; will also broadcast on local cable and online PPPPP -Letter of explanation accompanying the report cards PPPPP -Sample report card will be available online PPPPP -If standards are only reported, as opposed to a combination of standards and letter grades, it needs to be PPPPPPPPP emphasized that 'Advanced' does not represent an 'A' and 'Proficient' does not represent a 'B' and so on.

4. Revise report cards for the middle and high schools PPPPP (Consists of steps A, B, C, and D from above)