Standards-Based Grading
Standards-Based Grading Information For the Solon High School Art Department:
Final Grade Composition:
As mentioned, a student’s final grade will be composed of their level of mastery of the 11 different anchor standards listed above and one final summative exam. The make-up or composition of a final grade is as follows:
Creating 30% of the final grade
Presenting 25% of the final grade
Responding 20% of the final grade
Connecting 10% of the final grade
Summative Final Exam 15% of the final grade
- Out-of-class work will be appearing in the Gradebook. Online portfolio entries and course binders, sketchbooks or google docs will be recorded and tracked over the course of the quarter. They will receive a score according to the new grading scale posted below. These individual scores will be used to inform the final grade, and will be used to keep you and your student informed of his/her performance in the course. The online portfolio entries and course binders be assessed as bodies of work at the end of the quarter and will emphasize the quality of work and level of understanding at the time of the final summative assessment.
- Courses will continue to give final exams. Students will not be allowed to reassess on these exams. Exams will cover both knowledge of techniques, skills and processes, understanding of the elements and principles of design, and knowledge of artists and artwork throughout history.
- Students are allowed to resubmit any assignment, project, quiz or exam for reassessment. Students must approach the instructor and set up an appointment for reassessment. An availability schedule will be posted soon.
- Project artifacts will be assessed on one common master rubric that has been streamlined and shortened to focus more clearly on the new National Core Arts Standards. These standards will be a hallmark of this new assessment process and will serve to identify desired learning targets and educational outcomes.
- The new standards that will be the foundation of the Art program here at Solon High School are as follows:
Creating: Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.
Presenting: Interpreting and sharing artistic work.
Responding: Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.
Connecting: Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external content. - The gradebook will now contain these four standards and connected learning targets. These learning targets will be project-specific statements of what students are expected to understand and demonstrate and will all fall under one of the aforementioned standards.
- These learning targets will be assessed using a district-wide system of performance indicators. The new performance indicators are listed below as well as a conversion chart detailing how these new indicators will translate into percentage-based grades.
- 4 (100%): Student demonstrates a thorough level of knowledge and understanding of the desired learning target(s).
- 3.5 (87.5%): Student demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the desired learning target(s). Few or no errors and/or inconsistencies exist.
- 3 (75%): Student demonstrates a developing knowledge and understanding of the desired learning target(s). However, some errors and inconsistencies exist.
- 2.5 (62.5%): Student demonstrates fluctuating level knowledge and understanding of the desired learning target(s). Work contains noticeable errors and inconsistencies.
- 2 (50%): Student demonstrates partial knowledge and understanding of the desired learning target(s). Work contains significant errors, inconsistencies, and/or omissions.
- 1 (25%): Student demonstrates minimal knowledge and understanding of the desired learning target(s). Work is incomplete and contains widespread errors, inconsistencies and omissions.
- 0 (0%): Student does not demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the desired learning target. No data and/or artifacts have been submitted.
Final Grade Composition:
As mentioned, a student’s final grade will be composed of their level of mastery of the 11 different anchor standards listed above and one final summative exam. The make-up or composition of a final grade is as follows:
Creating 30% of the final grade
Presenting 25% of the final grade
Responding 20% of the final grade
Connecting 10% of the final grade
Summative Final Exam 15% of the final grade