Standards Based Reporting

BGISD teachers and leaders work together to make sure all students have a high-quality elementary school experience. Using the Kentucky Academic Standards, teachers have determined consistent expectations for each grade level, and all elementary schools, grades K-7 communicate student progress with Standards Based Reporting.

Standards Based Reporting includes clear expectations, called Mastery Learning Targets, and informing students and families about what a child knows and is able to do.

In a Standards Based Learning system, learning is the focus. Learning is both an active and ongoing process.

UNDERSTANDING THE SCORES

Excels (E) is reserved for occasions where the student has mastered and gone above and beyond expectations and applied skills in an authentic and advanced manner of extended thinking.

STUDENT: I can demonstrate learning above and beyond what was taught.

Mastery (M) means the student has met the grade-level standard and is independently performing on grade level. Mastery may take time to reach, as foundational skills progress throughout the school year.

STUDENT: I have mastered my learning.

Partial Mastery (PM) as a score means the student has gained an understanding of the vocabulary and foundational skills, or simpler processes of the standard. Students are able to do prerequisites necessary for the standard (M), but not yet able to independently do what the standard requires.

STUDENT: I can sometimes do it by myself.

Beginning (Beg) is when students are achieving partial success with vocabulary and foundational skills, but more help or time is needed to develop the mastery target prerequisites.

STUDENT: I need help to do it.

Scores with a + indicate the student is growing between two levels.

Learning is the focus. Learning is individual. Learning is not one-size-fits-all. Learning is an active process.

 

Mastery Learning Targets

Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade

Mastery Learning Targets are priorities for each grade level, not simply subject areas, but grade-level skills in reading, writing, math, science and social studies. Some concepts should be mastered by mid-year, others by the end of the year. 

Learning each skill progresses and builds on current learning. 

Teachers use a variety of assignments and assessments to measure learning, and students have multiple attempts to show mastery. However, the goal of assessments and projects is to show mastery of a learning target, not earn a grade. 

Within each Learning Target, teachers have created student scales, written as “I can” statements. These scales show the progression toward the overall Learning Target, including skills and tasks at the foundational level.