United States Public Education Grading System



Executive Summary

The paper gives a brief overview of the grading system of United States and how these grade system impact on students learning. Many school systems across the country are moving to a standards-based system of grading in an effort to improve assessment and ensure mastery of standards at each grade level. Education in the U.S. is mainly public. It is controlled and funded at three levels: the federal authorities, the authorities of the state and local authorities. There is a system of public schools. Higher education institutions mainly private are trying to attract students and graduate students from around the world. Researchers have also highlighted the possible negative outcomes of over-testing or narrowing the curriculum in United States education system to focus on a narrow set of standards assessed in high-stakes standardized tests. However, little research has been done on how standards-based grading corresponds to student performance on criterion referenced standardized tests. Thus, the study of standards-based grading and grade reporting is needed to determine whether such a grading system is an effective measure of student mastery of standards, as reported on criterion referenced competency test. The major purpose of any kind of grading system is for measuring the achievement of the students for establishing the learning objectives. The performance data let the students on individual basis know where they stand in the development for needed competencies.



Executive Summary2

Introduction5

Thesis statement5

Problem Statement5

Discussion and analysis6

Grading Impact on Students6

U.S. Education system6

The Scoring System7

Standards-Based Grading Systems (SBG)7

Background8

Implications9

Rick Wormeli's point of view9

1. Create a sense of urgency10

2. Coalition10

3. Develop a vision10

4. Communicate the vision10

5. Remove barriers to change11

7. Consolidating gains and producing more change11

8. Embed new practices in corporate culture11

Evaluation, Grading and Credits Assessment11

Aptitude Tests11

Rating systems12

Arizona Rolls Out New Way of Measuring Its Schools12

New core standards13

At What Levels Should School Evaluation be conducted?14

Why Should School Professionals Conduct Evaluations, and What Important Differences Do They Make Anyway?14

Use the Adopted Standards to Evaluate the School's Current Practices of Student, Personnel, and Program Evaluation14

Recommendations17

We Can Control Grading Practices17

Use of Standards Based Grading Reduce the Amount of Meaningless Paperwork17

Conclusion17

References19

United States Public Education Grading System

Introduction

Education systems and the schools have changed that is considerably in current years. There has been a shift from the steering schools through planning inputs and monitoring the process for steering the measurement for the outcomes. Thus, connected to this has been the trend for decentralization, increasing the reliance on market mechanism and increasing the autonomy for schools in order to determine the funding levels with the expansion or creation of school choice. These changes can also be seen across a large number of countries. It is an important question that various educators face that is how to motivate students to study. Many programs in the US and other countries give award or cash incentives to the students to exert more efforts. However, various educationists also believe that the grading system also affects the incentives to exert efforts among the students (Scruffily, ...