Patricia Scriffiny shows us the positives

http://tccl.rit.albany.edu/knilt/images/4/40/Standards_based_grading.pdf

This is the link to get to the article written by Patricia Scriffiny.  This article is another example of the pros of standards-based grading.  The article list seven various reasons as to why it is so beneficial to incorporate standards-based grading into the classrooms.  It gives concrete examples and is very straight forward.