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Formative assessment plays an important role in increasing teacher quality and student learning when its viewed as a pr. Gearing up for fast grading and reporting ken oconnor. Ken oconnor email protected com is an independent consultant on grading and reporting. Effective grading practices educational leadership. Indeed, guskey and bailey 2001 documented nearly a century of research on grading practices. His latest book, inspiring innovation and creativity in k12 education, is based on an international study of how schools support and sometimes undermine creativity for students and teacher. Heres how to keep the discussion productive and on track. Taking the grading conversation public educational. Douglas reeves email protected com is a bostonbased writer and researcher who has written more than 30 books and 100 articles. Reeves, a nationally known education author and provider of professional development for school leaders, has been acquitted of charges of child molestation. Taking the grading conversation public educational leadership. Fast grading a guide to implementing best practices. Perhaps the most controversial aspect of reevess thinking is the nozero policy, which says that a zero is mathematically brutal when using a percentagebased grading scale, not to mention that zeros are virtually always an inaccurate representation of student learning.
How can we ensure that grading systems are the result of evidence and. Reeves reveals the flawed logic behind the practice of assigning a zero for assessments not submitted. Grades may have motivated teachers and administrators when they were young, but thats not the case with many of. Apr 21, 20 reeves begins his inquiry by discussing is what he terms the grading debate that is, the distorted perceptions of some educators about the purpose of grading and their subsequent inaccurate, unfair, and nonspecific practices.
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