Gradebooks can be used to indicate a student’s performance on assignments over a period. Traditional gradebooks indicate student performance on tasks and teachers can conclude from the information contained therein about the strengths and weaknesses of a student by looking at the overall performance for particular assessments or grading periods. However, it is possible to know where a student is in a better way by the use of a standards-based gradebook. Various advantages can be derived from the use of standards-based gradebooks. Some of the advantages that can be acquired this way are those provided in this article.
Teachers can use the tagging of assignments with standards every time they assign work to students. When teachers use such a standards-based gradebook, they can have every assignment that a student does graded and can be tracked in the standards-based gradebook. When this is done, it is possible for a teacher to observe how a student performs in every assignment given as opposed to the traditional gradebook that judges are student’s based on the overall performance. It is thus possible for a teacher to understand better the strengths and weaknesses of a student when they can observe how they perform on different individual assignments. With the understanding of where the student is good that or is failing in, the teacher is better placed to help them because they can strengthen them in their area of weakness and encourage them in their area of strength. Students can perform better when their teachers are aware of what areas they are struggling in. It is also possible for teachers to provide advice to the students on what educational areas to pursue in future depending on what they are strong in.
Standards-based gradebooks allow teachers and easy way of finding out the performance of the students. This gradebooks have an online version where teachers can view the information in an easily-read manner available for them as built for standards.. Being digital allows teachers to review the information required from any place and at any time thus offering them much-needed convenience. The display also offers a description of different measures that analyzes the students capabilities and what they are doing good at and what is a challenge to them. It is also possible for an instructor to track a particular standard, find out its frequency of use, and determine how a student performed each time a particular standard was used. This way, a teacher has -track of both their students and the standards and is better placed to offer needed help and adjustments.
