Walden University ScholarWorks Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection 2016 Best Practices for Leading a Transition to Standards-Based Grading in Secondary Schools Alexander Bruce Carter Walden University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations Part of the Educational Administration and Supervision Commons, and the Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection at ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Walden University COLLEGE OF EDUCATION This is to certify that the doctoral study by Alexander Bruce Carter has been found to be complete and satisfactory in all respects, and that any and all revisions required by the review committee have been made. Review Committee Dr. Donna Graham, Committee Chairperson, Education Faculty Dr. Don Jones, Committee Member, Education Faculty Dr. Karen Hunt, University Reviewer, Education Faculty Chief Academic Officer Eric Riedel, Ph.D. Walden University 2016 Abstract Best Practices for Leading a Transition to Standards-Based Grading in Secondary Schools by Alexander B. Carter MEd, University of Virginia, 2002 BA, James Madison University, 1994 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education Walden University February 2016 Abstract Educational policy researchers have concluded that if U.S. schools transition from the traditional model of grading and reporting to a uniform standards-based grading and reporting model, students would benefit academically.