As the evening air begins to cool and the mornings have a distinct chill to them, hinting to autumn, I find myself settling into the school year. Our staff and students are back in midseason.
Earlier this spring, the Eagle County School District alongside the rest of the state returned to a full schedule of Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS testing after two years of either.
The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) will meet via the Zoom online platform at 9 a.m. on Jan. 22. The board will discuss several items prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which include state accountability exceptions and alternative schedules for the 2020-21 school year.
The SBE will take action on requests submitted by school districts for an exception to the state’s accountability system. All 48 districts requested the exception for the 2020-21 school year, because of the inability to administer the statewide assessment in the 2019-20 school year due to COVID-19.
The board will also consider requests for alternative schedules for the 2020-21 school year. Districts requesting approval include Sublette #1 and Fremont #14.
Alma SIS introduces Standards Based Grading Grade Point Average
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Alma paves new grading pathways for progressive education.
With the all new Standard Based Grading GPA, students can maintain the familiar numerical GPA while also receiving category and class aggregates that detail which skills the student is proficient in and which skills need to be improved. PORTLAND, Ore. (PRWEB) December 17, 2020 Alma Student Information System (SIS) is proud to announce the creation of Grade Point Averages (GPA) for Standards Based Grading (SBG). SBG, also known as Competency Based Learning or Proficiency Based Learning, is rooted in aligning student feedback and progress measurement against the particular skills being taught and assessed, rather than using a single score to cover multiple topics or standards. With a sleek and easy-to-understand design, Alma allows teachers and administrators to manage grading sc