PDF-[EBOOK] - Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools

Joe Feldman shows us how we can use grading to help students become the leaders of their own learning and lift the veil on how to succeed This musthave book will help teachers learn to implement improved equityfocused grading for impactbrZaretta Hammond Author of Culturally Responsive Teaching The Brain br Crack open the grading conversationbrHere at lastand none too soonis a resource that delivers the research base tools and courage to tackle one of the most challenging and emotionally charged conversations in todays schools our inconsistent grading practices and the ways they can inadvertently perpetuate the achievement and opportunity gaps among our studentsWith Grading for Equity Joe Feldman cuts to the core of the conversation revealing how grading practices that are accurate biasresistant and motivational will improve learning minimize grade inflation reduce failure rates and become a lever for creating stronger teacherstudent relationships and more caring classrooms Essential reading for schoolwide and individual book study or for student advocates Grading for Equity providesA critical historical backdrop describing how our inherited system of grading was originally set up as a sorting mechanism to provide or deny opportunity control students and endorse a fixed mindset about students academic potentialpractices that are still in place a century later A summary of the research on motivation and equitable teaching and learning establishing a rocksolid foundation and a true north orientation toward equitable grading practices Specific grading practices that are more equitable along with teacher examples strategies to solve common hiccups and concerns and evidence of effectiveness Reflection tools for facilitating individual or group engagement and understanding As Joe writes Grading practices are a mirror not just for students but for us as their teachers Each one of us should start by asking What do my grading practices say about who I am and what I believe Then lets make the choice to do things differently with Grading for Equity as a dogeared reference. The world of international student mobility is full of examples of students applying for admission to a university in another country and being refused on the grounds that their grades are not good enough even if their grades are considered high by Credit to Thomas R. . Guskey. Systemic Change. Change is a highly complex process. Professional development is essential. Change is a prerequisite for Improvement. Guiding Questions. What are the major reasons we use report cards and assign grades to students’ work?. Lewis and Clark High School. “If your grading system doesn't guide students toward excellence, it's time for something completely different.” . Patricia L. Scriffiny. What is a “standard?”. Standards are final learning goals or outcomes. Standards can be found in the . and Why Many Traditional Grading Practices Miss the Mark. Presented by: . Amy Cashwell. We will:. Examine the purpose of grading. Realize the complexity of grading. Recognize the importance of critically examining traditional grading practices. (Well, Almost). James O. Hammons & Janice R. . Barnsley. Presented by . Sterling McLeod. Contributions. Overview of grading approaches. History of grades. Four generic approaches to grading. Provide eight principles . in . finnish. . HEIs. Tommi Haapaniemi. Silja Kostia. Universities Act. “A . student has . the right . to obtain information about the . application . of assessment . criteria . to . his/her study attainment. FIRST AMENDMENT. Presented by: . Haley Turner. Region 13 Curriculum Council. November 7, 2013. Goudeau. v. East Baton Rouge Parish Sch. Bd. . 5. th. Circuit decision issued October 7, 2013. Louisiana case: . Is it Time for a Modification to Auburn’s Grading System?. Report to University Senate by Academic Standards Committee. , November 15, 2016. Charge to Academic Standards Committee. At the meeting of the Steering Committee on August 4, 2016, the Academic Standards Committee was charged to study whether Auburn should adopt a grading system that includes plus and minus grades.. Finding the Time to Grade Fairly. Killian Quigley. John Martin. Vanderbilt Center for Teaching . GradSTEP. January 26, 2013. Challenges. The “What” and “Why” of Grading. Time Management. Rubrics. Click on the link and watch this brief interview . by the book’s author. Then reflect through the slides recalling the main ideas. Who?. Potential:. Competence: . Competence com·pe·tence. ˈkämpətəns/. Report to University Senate by Academic Standards Committee. , November 15, 2016. Charge to Academic Standards Committee. At the meeting of the Steering Committee on August 4, 2016, the Academic Standards Committee was charged to study whether Auburn should adopt a grading system that includes plus and minus grades.. 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