“FACTS provides a coach who facilitates the process of transitioning to standards-based grading with a select group of school community stakeholders. This process includes:
- Defining your “”Why.””
- Reviewing resources.
- Surveying the landscape including assessing current grading/reporting practice.
- Naming our beliefs about our students and assessment and how we act on our beliefs.
- Developing stakeholder groups.\
- Considering standards, curriculum, learning targets.
- Considering assessment practices and tools, current report cards, SBG sample report cards, technology platforms in use.
- Mapping out implementation.”