Students working on a Nearpod Lesson It's official. I have made it through the first month of school with standards-based grading! I must admit that I was nervous because I had only put formative assessments in the grade book as of Thursday. None of those count towards the student's grade, so I was expecting some concern from parents. Obviously, they want to know how their child is doing! Well, lucky for me, they did not complain (at least not to me). I am grateful for their support and made sure to explain my system through a letter, as well as at Back to School Night. As I pondered this new system over the summer, I grappled with wanting students to be able to practice and learn the standards while not being penalized for mistakes. I decided to make all of the formative work worth 0% of the student's grade and make summative assessments worth 100%. Of course, my biggest concern was how to get students to do this work if they weren't ...