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Standards-Based Education & Student Report Cards
(All grades)
Peter Robertson
Course Description:
The fundamental principle of standards-based education is "begin with the end in mind." Whether we like it or not, the grade is often the end that students and parents focus on. What are the full implications of standards for the student report card, and how do you use your grading practices to improve teaching and learning in your standards-based classroom? Peter Robertson will explore the implications of standards for grading with a series of hands-on exercises. He will discuss practical ways to integrate standards-based instruction with student-involved classroom assessment. He will also explore one strategy for using grading practices to keep the focus on standards-based education in an era of high-stakes testing.
Peter Robertson
Peter Robertson is the Chief Information Officer for the Cleveland Municipal School District. He was hired 5 years ago to "help drive data-driven decision-making into the culture of the organization." He has worked to revitalize the role of assessment, evaluation, and research in driving performance improvement in schools and in Districtwide programs. More recently, Mr. Robertson has helped develop a more integrated approach to District-wide performance management and reporting, especially in leading the implementation of standards-based report cards and standards-aligned classroom assessment. For the last 2 years, he has been in charge of District-wide information technology and has slashed the cost of network and desktop support by 75 percent while maintaining service. Mr. Robertson is currently working to build an Internet and intranet infrastructure to enable e-learning and more cost-effective business processes. He was an "engagement manager" with the global strategic consulting firm McKinsey & Company; an educational researcher at the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching; and a teacher in the Communication Arts Program and Social Studies Department at Blair High School in Montgomery County, Maryland. Mr. Robertson has a BA in Social Studies from Harvard College, an MBA from Columbia University, and is a doctoral candidate in Educational Administration at Teachers College.
