Accountability Systems Must Offer More Than School Grades
School accountability systems encompass more than what is reflected in school grading systems, which can skew how school quality is seen.
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Zero Tolerance for Zeroes
Misconceptions about grading exist because a 100-point grading scale doesn’t exist, argues Scott Marion in his latest post.
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Making a Bad Situation Worse
Poor Grading Practices Lead to Negative Consequences The recent controversy over the awarding of the valedictorian and salutatorian at West Point High School in Mississippi highlighted long-documented problems with grading […]
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What’s Wrong With School Grading This Year? The Same Things That Are Wrong Every Year
What We Can Learn About Both Student Engagement and Grading Systems from Current Failure Rates EducationWeek recently printed a terrific summary by Stephen Sawchuk about the number of students receiving failing grades […]
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What Do I Need to Know About Competency-Based Grading? (Part 3)
Getting Clear about Best Practices–Competency-based Grading Done Right This post is the last in my three-part series on competency-based grading. In Part 1, I describe the key similarities and differences between […]
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What Do I Need to Know About Competency-Based Grading? (Part 1)
Getting Clear about Definitions–Similarities and Differences Among Traditional-, Standards-Based, and Competency-Based Grading Practices This is the first in a three-part series on competency-based grading. I was motivated to write this […]
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What Do I Need to Know About Competency-Based Grading? (Part 2)
Getting Beyond the Hype–Potential Problems with Competency-Based Grading This post is Part 2 of a three-part series on competency-based grading. Part 1 described the key similarities and differences between traditional, standards-based, and […]
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