Posts tagged 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...
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Another test day down and another evening of wrestling with how I track student skill grown and report that through grades. I'm currently giving st...
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A new semester means a fresh gradebook and more time to think about how I'm actually giving feedback and reporting progress. I've been a user of th...
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Test days are tough for my students because they need to be able to show skills in practice. This year, we're not giving any rote exams - there are...
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We're finishing our first month of school and I'm thinking a lot about my grading system. I use standards-based grading, which boils down to the ma...
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I took a little while to think about how I'd like students to be able to track their progress on learning standards in class. The web app I built w...
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Two weeks in, and I'm coming up on our first major grade check. I'm continuing to use standards-based grading as my main method of assessment and r...
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...not all questions are created equal and some questions inhibit learning. Source: Yes, There is Such a Thing as a Bad Question — Teachers Going G...
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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 ...
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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...
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There's an Edutopia article cycling around which argues against allowing retakes on assessments. The author builds a case focused on motivation, me...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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I'm trying to make standards-based grading more approachable for my teachers. When I was teaching full time, I held to Frank Noschese's Keep It Sim...
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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...
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Whatever the reason, he was afforded the opportunity to learn and apply. It hasn’t come easy, but that’s the point. Giving a chance to redo isn’t a...
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Remember, though, that grades should not be used as rewards. Nor should they be used as affirmation, compensation, or validation. Grades should rep...
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