> This is a huge, recent shift in direction, and probably came after your time in HS. I am probably younger than you think and 'standards-based' approaches wer

> This is a huge, recent shift in direction, and probably came after your time in HS. I am probably younger than you think and 'standards-based' approaches were a big fad at the time. Standards based grading in highschool ("SWBAT"-style) absolutely does not mean grades based entirely on test, projects, etc, and in fact generally translated to heavy weighting towards random classwork worksheets.