Learn How Pear Assessment Supports Standards-Based Grading
Pear Assessment translates student performance in a specific standard to a standards-based grade. This is done using a customizable standards-based performance band and a standards proficiency calculation method. As a district administrator, users can configure the performance band and a standard proficiency calculation method suited for teaching needs.Standards-Based Grading Scale
The standards proficiency scale assigns a grade to each standard for each student. By default the customizable standards-based grading scale is a four-point scale with four mastery grades:- Exceeds Mastery (4 points): 90% cutoff
- Mastered (3 points): 80% cutoff
- Almost Mastered (2 points): 60% cutoff
- Not Mastered (1 point): Below 60%
Mastery Calculation Method
Pear Assessment computes students’ standard-based scores for each standard by isolating the questions with the specific standard alignment. This can be easily understood using an example of a student’s performance in assessments with multiple standards:
In the above example, the student’s total score in the assessments is broken down into individual standards-based scores. The cut scores are then used to award standard-based grades as follows:
Pear Assessment now Calculates Mastery Score for Standard by Combining Scores from Prior Assessments. This can be done by selecting one of the mastery calculation methods shown below.
- Most Recent [Default Criteria]: The latest assessment is used to determine student mastery grades. In the above example, the student has a mastery grade of 3 (Mastered) for 7.RP.A.1 and 4 (Exceeds Mastery) for 7.RP.A.2.
- Decaying Average: This method formula recognizes that the most recent score is more representative of the student’s current mastery and puts more weight on the most recent score. By default, Pear Assessment assigns 65% weight for the most recent score and 35% for all prior scores. In the above example, for 7.RP.A.2 the mastery score is computed as follows: