Following a long period of research and focus groups, Box Elder School District has adopted a standards based grading system. By using a standards based grading and reporting system we are following the results of educational research and best practice. Standards based instruction/grading has the potential to provide a rich array of information on a student's academic progress.
Frequently Asked Questions about standards based instruction
Need help creating a rubric? These sites offer tools to help.
www.rubrics4teachers.comA rubric is an assessment tool used to measure students' work. It is a scoring guide that seeks to evaluate a student's performance based on the sum of a full range of criteria rather than a single numerical score. A rubric is a working guide for parents, students and teachers
-- last updated August 11, 2010