Our Journey

Guiding Texts

Grading Smarter, Not Harder, by Myron Dueck (ASCD, 2014)

Charting a Course to Standards-Based Grading, by Tim R. Westerberg (ASCD, 2016)

A Teacher's Guide to Standards-Based Learning, by Tammy Heflebower, Jan Hoegh, Philip Warrick & Jeff Flygare (Marzano, 2019)

Professional Learning

Steilacoom High School has partnered with Marzano Research and Jeff Flygare on Standards-Based Grading for two years. 

Informational Sessions 

We have offered several informational sessions for our families. Below are the links from two of these events. 

Click here for our introductory presentation for parents and families. August 29, 2017.

Click here for our mid-stream presentation for parents and families. October 1, 2019.

Leading in the State

The Steilacoom High School administrative team was selected to present on Standards-Based Grading at the Association of Washington School Principals Summer Conference in July 2019. 

Click here to see our AWSP presentation titled "SBG at AWSP, Becoming While Doing."