Understanding the Parent Guides

The Parent Guides are the key to understanding marks in Skyward and on the report card.  The following definitions provide guidance to parents to understand the language of Standards-Based Grading.

Competency: Standards-Based Grading communicates students’ understanding of the Texas Essentials Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).  Using the TEKS, teachers developed grade-level competencies to communicate student progress in the Standards-Based gradebook.  The competencies are the same for each grade-level content area (i.e. 3rd grade math) across the district.  Teachers report students’ progress on the competencies using learning progressions.

Learning Progression:  A learning progression is comprised of four proficiency levels (developing, progressing, proficient, advanced).  Each proficiency level in the progression defines the knowledge and skills that students will master on their pathway to proficiency.

Proficient: A mark of Proficient (PF) means the student meets the grade-level expectations for the competency. The descriptors in the learning progression define the knowledge and skills that students must demonstrate in order to attain the Proficient (PF) level at the end of a unit or quarter.

Students will work with teachers to self-assess their progress on the following Learner Characteristics: Communication, Collaboration and Skills for Life.  These are aligned to the FBISD Profile of a Graduate.  The documents below span various grade levels and provide students guidance on their progress related to the Learner Characteristics.

• 2nd Learner Characteristics

• 3rd - 4th Learner Characteristics

• 5th - 6th Learner Characteristics

• 7th -8th Learner Characteristics

For questions related to Standards-Based Grading, please contact the Teaching and Learning Division at 281-634-8454.

For questions and comments about Standards-Based grading at your school, go to the FBISD Standards-Based Grading Feedback Form.