5+Impact+on+Organization


 * // Impact and Consequences //**

PPPPP By implementing a standards-based report card, students and parents will have an accurate view of the expectations in place. The focus will be on end of the year goals, rather than quarterly; therefore students will know what is expected right from the start. When assignment and test grades are averaged together for a quarterly grade, there is no information given on which concepts the student does, or does not, understand. Standards-based report cards will provide specific information about a student's progress toward the standards.

PPPPP Standards-based instruction and grading system will ensure that students are exposed to grade level appropriate skills. It will prevent the overlapping and/or gaps of curriculum and also ensure consistent grade level instruction. Standards-based reporting will assist students in understanding and meeting district, state, and national standards.

PPPPP The implementation process will not be hasty. It will take time, as the grading and reporting committee will need to research best practice and communicate with other districts that have implemented standards-based instruction and grading. Parents, as well as teachers, will need to be informed and educated.

PPPPP If we do not make the change towards a standards-based grading system, parents will continue to receive a broad, unclear, and inaccurate picture of their child's skill, performance, progress, and capability levels. Students' grades will continue to be subjective, determined by teachers and based on assignments and tests and possibly behavior and attitude, as opposed to progress made towards the standards.

PPPPP A standards-based reporting system will have a tremendous impact on the whole organization. This would be a step in the right direction as districts and states and the nation become more competitive in the education field.