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District details standards-based grading rollout and Infinite Campus gradebook migration
Summary
District teaching-and-learning staff outlined the multi-year shift to standards-based grading, building-level readiness, supports for multilingual and special-education students, and a planned Infinite Campus gradebook migration intended to support the new system; family outreach and a grading handbook are planned ahead of fall implementation.
The Eau Claire Area School District provided a detailed update on its multi-year implementation of standards-based grading and the concurrent migration of its student information system to Infinite Campus to support the new gradebook.
Mandy Vanble, executive director of teaching and learning, framed the effort by saying the district believes "in an equitable grading and reporting system that informs students, families, and staff about a student's proficiency in grade level and/or content standards." Staff described three areas of work: foundation building (professional learning and curriculum writing), family engagement (presentations and multilingual outreach), and structures and supports (grading logic rules, reassessment guidance, and systems configuration).
Presentation leaders described the secondary grading logic: rubrics at the learning-target level roll up to standard-level scores using rules based on recency, sufficiency and consistency; middle-school reporting will show proficiency levels (e.g., beginning through exceeding) while high-school proficiency will be translated to letter grades for transcript and GPA purposes. District leaders emphasized reassessment is tied to a completed learning loop (feedback, additional learning and reflection) rather than automatic retests and said behaviors will be reported separately from academic scores.
The district said it selected Infinite Campus to support standards-based grading and indicated the new gradebook environment would become the live gradebook in early July; staff training and vendor meetings are underway and further configuration work will continue over the summer. Building leaders from North High and Dong Middle reported growing staff readiness and described ongoing professional learning and family-facing sessions. The district will publish a grading-and-learning handbook for staff, students and families and has posted resources and family presentation materials on the district website.
Board members asked detailed questions about conversion for seniors and college reporting, student access to live gradebook views and how rubrics and common assessments are developed and maintained; presenters said detailed guidance and conversion tables will be posted and that rubrics are developed through district curriculum teams with content coordinators providing quality control.
