Over the last few years of implementing our Kaneland Connects strategic plan, we have had many deep conversations regarding standards-based grading (SBG) and proficiency-based progress (PBP). Oftentimes, we get the question - how are these different from each other? Great question! Here are a few talking points on what PBP is vs. what it is not:
PBP is:
-A method for building clarity for all learning expectations
-A system that allows students to progress in learning based on their own customized learning path
-An instructional practice that focuses on co-constructed feedback and individual progression through learning
-The day-to-day learning activities in a classroom
PBP is not:
-A final summative grade
-A rubric for determining a grade or outcome
Standards-based grading on the other hand is a system for communicating final grades once students have demonstrated their learning in a proficiency-based environment.
SBG is:
-A summative report of a grade that represents where a student falls on a reported standard
-Based upon descriptive language outlined in a PBP table
-Directly connected to learning outcomes, not point accumulation
SBG is not:
-An accumulation of points (worth repeating!)
-A compliance tool to force students to turn in homework
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