Standards Based Instruction

Introduction

Following a long period of research and focus groups, Box Elder School District has adopted a standards based grading system. By using a standards based grading and reporting system we are following the results of educational research and best practice. Standards based instruction/grading has the potential to provide a rich array of information on a student's academic progress.

Frequently Asked Questions about standards based instruction

Creating Rubrics

Need help creating a rubric? These sites offer tools to help.

www.rubrics4teachers.com
www.uen.org
rubistar.4teachers.org

Rubrics

A rubric is an assessment tool used to measure students' work. It is a scoring guide that seeks to evaluate a student's performance based on the sum of a full range of criteria rather than a single numerical score. A rubric is a working guide for parents, students and teachers

District Rubrics 2009-2010 Archive

Our teachers worked hard to improve documentation on our district rubrics. An archive of the rubrics used during the 2009-2010 school years is available here.

District Rubrics (PDF download)

District Scale

Grade/Subject Rubrics (PDF downloads)

Kindergarten (Language Arts, Math)

1st Grade (Language Arts, Math)

2nd Grade (Language Arts, Math)

3rd Grade (Language Arts, Math)

4th Grade (Language Arts, Math, Science)

5th Grade (Language Arts, Math)

-- last updated August 11, 2010