Category: Grading

Still Trying to Determine Proficiency in Standards Based Grading

Year 15 in teaching, another post on grading. I'm still using standards based grading and I'm still thinking (overthinking?) how to represent stude... Read more

Performance Tasks in SBG

I was given a good challenge by our secondary curriculum coordinator a couple weeks back. He wanted to know how we get in front of standards-based ... Read more

A Quick Grading Case Study

I ran the following example with a small group of teachers evaluating standards-based grading in their PLC. The teachers are on board (and all are ... Read more

Canvas LMS is Missing a Big Opportunity with Outcomes

Every year, I'm building more support for standards based grading within our district. Though Canvas isn't really set up for SBG, there is a way to... Read more

No, Retakes Are Not a Bad Idea

There's an Edutopia article cycling around which argues against allowing retakes on assessments. The author builds a case focused on motivation, me... Read more

What is a Grade?

I had the pleasure of working with about 15 people yesterday on moving to standards-based grading next year. We started off with a long discussion ... Read more

Methods of Calculating Grades in SBG

I'm prepping a full-day workshop on standards based grading for about 20 teachers in a couple weeks. One major part of the day will be centered on ... Read more

A Critical Gradebook

I am finding the right balance of scaffolding to provide the best learning environment for my students. Source: A Critical Gradebook The gradebook ... Read more

Reassessing in Standards Based Grading

I'm helping several teachers move toward standards-based grading practices this year. We work a lot on philosophy - why they'd want to use this gra... Read more

Planning a Flipped Unit Part 3

Once you know why you’re teaching what you’re teaching, you need to define how you’ll know what students have learned or not learned. What task(s) ... Read more

Making Seen the Unseen

My grading practices have improved this year. I’m keeping better track of information, I’m using it more often, and I’m showing students – constant... Read more

Grade Games

I get asked abou my grading a lot because it’s pretty different than a typical classroom. I’ve refined it slowly over the years, and I’m by no mean... Read more

Argument in 140 – Part 2

I updated the original post, but I thought it would be worth having a brand new item for reference. As I said earlier, the @StopSBG account has bee... Read more

Arguments In 140

Update 8:00 AM Jan 7, 2013 – The @StopSBG account is now active again. Change is reflected below. Over the past 10 days, Twitter saw one of the mos... Read more

Communication in Grading

I want to preface this post by saying that in my perfect world, we wouldn’t grade at all. But currently, that isn’t my reality. I will continue to ... Read more

Grades Revisited

I spent some time this afternoon updating my grade book. Like most of us, grading is my least favorite part of teaching and I have a nasty habit of... Read more

The Greatest Struggle

I went to Kentucky this weekend to visit my parents. It was a great weekend and I’m glad I was able to spend some time away from thinking about tea... Read more

Grades

D Sharon Pruitt, Flickr CC As I was walking back to my classroom this afternoon, I passed a couple of learners in the hall talking about their grad... Read more

Learning About Motivation

As some of my followers noticed near the end of last week, I had a moment of weakness after my toughest class. I’ve been very frustrated with havin... Read more

Opportunity to Succeed

I presented the flipped class and mastery learning models of instruction at the EARCOS Teacher’s Conference in Malaysia this past March. This is my... Read more

And on to the fourth…

As we head into spring break next week, I’ve been contemplating the changes that I’ve made this year in chemistry. I started with assignment-based... Read more

Another classroom model

Again, I’m still trying to figure out how to run my class. The mastery method is great, but it is very hard to assess student work effectively. S... Read more

Objective-based grading implemented

The first attempt at anything is usually inefficient, clunky, and unpolished. That’s how I feel with my class at the moment. I’m trying to polish... Read more

Parent conferences…how to explain?

One of the challenges I’ve faced so far this year is explaining to parents how the class works and trying to convince some of them that this method... Read more

Mastering Chemistry

Mastering chemistry seems like it would be an oxymoron. Who can master chemistry? Is chemistry “master-able?” I like to think so. If we can teach... Read more

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