Grades as measurements
I have gone to great lengths in my classroom over the past few years to teach my students everything I know about grading and assessment. Why? Because I am trying to dispel the notion that a grade (all...
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Can you imagine a semester without traditional tests?
This week’s Friday Feature highlights reader comments sparked by Nick Provenzano’s post “I’ve got 99 problems, but a test ain’t one,” where he invites us to consider a classroom in which there are no...
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Two years ago, seventh-grade history became the only ungraded class in the school. The administration agreed to let me try it, as a means of empowering students to take more control over their...
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Are grades the problem, or is it our approach?
Few topics seem to strike a chord with educators like grading practices and, specifically, the practice of not giving grades. That was true this week as educators posed provocative questions to...
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