Standards Based Assessment

Presentation Information

• (5) Standards-Based Assessment: An Easy-to-Use SBA Quiz System - poster presentation at the MAA MathFest, Denver, CO, August 2, 2018.
• (4) Standards-Based Assessment: An Easy-to-Use SBA Quiz System - presentation at the NCTM Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, April 6, 2017.
• (3) Standards Based Assessment - presentation at the 41st Annual IMACC Conference, April 1, 2016, at Allerton Park, in Monticello, IL.
• (2) Standards Based Assessment: An Informative Way To Assess Your Students - presentation at the W.I.U. Mini-Conference on Secondary Mathematics Teaching, November 19, 2015, in Moline, IL.
• (1) Standards Based Grading - presentation given at the ICTM 65th Annual Conference, October 24, 2015, in Tinley Park, IL. Presentation done jointly with Tyler Van Vleet (mathematics teacher at Macomb High School). Description: Don't change the way you teach, change the way you assess! Learn the benefits of standards based assessment/grading. We will share our take on standards based grading in the high school and collegiate classroom. 

Resources

Table Comparing Traditional and Standards-Based Grading Systems.

PowerPoint slides from April 2017 NCTM Conference. (toons)

PowerPoint slides from April 2016 IMACC Conference.

PowerPoint slides from Nov. 2015 Mini-Conference.

SBA (Standards Based Assessment) objectives for (WIU) Math 260 can be found here.

Dr. Olsen's rubric is here.

Dr. Olsen's Request to Retest is here.

Background

The concept of standards based grading was first presented by Tyler Van Vleet at the (first) W.I.U. Mini-Conference on Secondary Mathematics Teaching, in November 2015. I liked the idea so much that I implemented it the following semester. I have been using every semester since spring 2015, and I really like standards based assessment. I'm thankful to Tyler Van Vleet for coming up with the system.

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