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1 Grading Policy IKA 2 nd Reader Presentation to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners May 14, 2019 Sean Conley Dr. Sonja Brookins Santelises Chief Executive Officer, Baltimore City Public Schools Chief Academic Officer Updates
Chief Executive Officer, Baltimore City Public Schools
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Presentation to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners May 14, 2019
Sean Conley Chief Academic Officer
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In addition to our survey, we have completed the following engagements:
Facebook Live)
We invited to engage and delivered documents to:
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Policy revisions triangulate research based best practices, stakeholder feedback, and district capacity.
Panels with students, parents. Panels planned with teachers as proposal becomes more clarified. Districtwide Survey
Standards Based Grading Comparative Analysis from Other Peer and MD Districts Current district office limitations
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Challenge Summary of Public Feedback Current Proposal
Equity while maintaining school level flexibility and innovation Administrators believe policy should be centralized. Parents and teachers want more school and teacher level innovation. Places some bounds on category
assessment. Advancing towards research- based grading practices given district capacity Grading should reflect mastery but include other non-mastery components. B’More Rank and File Educators encouraged us to not try to fit standards based grading in a non-standards based framework. Increase in assessment weight is a small step in a research-based direction.
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Challenge Summary of Public Feedback Current Proposal
Frequency of communicating grades while honoring non-core subjects More frequent feedback is necessary. Once per week for core
guidance for non-core subjects and Pre-K. Reassessment—Best practice but hard to systematize for 180 schools Encouragement to allow and support reassessment for students Encouragement for schools to reassess, but without specific guidance at this time.
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Minimum of 70 percent of grade on assessments (exams, projects, presentations, papers). Maximum of 30 percent grade on classwork, participation, and homework. Homework can be no more than one third of this portion of the grade.
frequency to regulation
record grades using the online grade book program used throughout City Schools and will update grades at a minimum of once per week for core subjects
surveyed teachers and majority of
support change.
regular data to stay connected with student performance.
proactively inform students and families of grade related issues.
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Proposal
quarterly grade of 50 percent.
encouragement for schools to provide reassessment
during the grade term on mastery components of the grade. Justification
reengagement strategy.
multiple attempts towards mastery.
majority of students and slight majority of administrators support. Division
Maryland around practice.
parents oppose 50 percent minimum grade.
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73.0% 66.5% 46.2% 74.6% 14.3% 15.7% 28.7% 14.3% 5.3% 6.8% 14.6% 5.0% 7.4% 11.0% 10.6% 7.1% Teachers Parents Students Counselors/Administrators Reflect Achievement Reflect Effort/Behavior Motivation to Learn Other
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2.5 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.7 1.9 1.2 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.5 1.3 1.9 2.0 1.4 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 1.5 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.5 1.9 Teachers Parents Students Counselors/Administrators Assessments (Exams, Projects, Presentations, Papers) Attedance Behavior Groupwork HW Classwork--Practice Participation Formative Assessments
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12.4% 15.3% 9.5% 17.3% 35.9% 15.3% 17.5% 12.2% 9.5% 19.7% 17.2% 11.0% 28.8% 19.4% 46.7% 4.0% 8.0% Teachers Parents Counselors/Administrators Classroom Grade Subject/Department School District Other
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0.2% 7.8% 19.3% 46.4% 26.3% 0.8% 11.9% 29.1% 40.3% 17.9% Did Not Answer 1 2 3 Teachers Administrators
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72.0% 28.0% Yes No
Students: Do you understand how you are graded?
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11.9% 19.0% 36.7% 32.4% 1 2 3 4
Parents: On a scale from 1-4, how well do you understand your student’s grade?
2.7% 43.0% 60.7% 59.4% 34.2% 21.5% 24.3% 14.8% 17.8% 16.4% 5.1% Teachers Parents Students Daily Weekly Every Other Week Monthly Less than Monthly
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30.7% 44.0% 69.0% 51.5% 69.1% 56.0% 30.6% 48.6% Teachers Parents Students Counselors/Administrators Appropriate Inappropriate
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Board of School Commissioners
Cheryl A. Casciani, Chair Linda Chinnia, Vice-Chair
Andrew “Andy” Frank
Ronald S. McFadden Vernon A. Reid Johnette A. Richardson Joshua Lynn, Student Commissioner Christian Gant, Esq., Board Executive Officer
Senior Management Team
Alison Perkins-Cohen, Chief of Staff Shashi Buddula, Interim Chief Technology Officer Sean L. Conley, Chief Academic Officer John L. Davis, Jr., Chief of Schools Jeremy Grant-Skinner, Chief Human Capital Officer Tina Hike-Hubbard, Chief Communications and Community Engagement Officer Theresa Jones, Chief Achievement and Accountability Officer Tammy L. Turner, Esq., Chief Legal Officer John Walker, Interim Chief Financial Officer
Officer
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