Standards-Based Assessment (Grading)

Here is a great link that I shared with our roundtable group for today. I thought it might help you to see how assessment may be heading.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/oct08/vol66/num02/Seven_Reasons_for_Standards-Based_Grading.aspx

Here is the art website from Clear Creek Amana Schools to help you see it in action:

 https://sites.google.com/a/ccaschools.org/cca-middle-school-art/home

Here are some videos from Solon, IA school district discussing how they implemented it.
http://iowatransformed.com/wp/2012/10/02/standards-based-grading-a-video-series-explainer/