How to Use Grading to Improve Learning
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (513 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1416624074 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 180 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Brookhart guides educators at all levels in figuring out how to produce grades—for single assignments and report cards—that accurately communicate students' achievement of learning goals.Brookhart explores topics that are fundamental to effective grading and learning practices:Acknowledging that all students can learnSupporting and motivating student effort and learningDesigning and grading appropriate assessmentsCreating policies for report card gradingImplementing learning-focused grading policiesCommunicating with students and parentsAssessing school or district readiness for grading reformThe book is grounded in research and resonates with the real lessons learned in the classroom. Although grading is a necessary part of schooling, Brookhart reminds us that children are sent to school to learn, not to get grades. Grades are imperfect, shorthand answers to "What did students learn, and how well?" In How to Use Grading to Improve Learning, best-selling author Susan M. This highly practical book will help you pu
Although grading is a necessary part of schooling, Brookhart reminds us that children are sent to school to learn, not to get grades. From the Inside FlapGrades are imperfect, shorthand answers to "What did students learn, and how well?" In How to Use Grading to Improve Learning, best-selling author Susan M. Brookhart guides educators at all levels in figuring out how to produce gradesfor single assignments and report cardsthat accurately communicate students' achievement of learning goals. This highly practical book will help you put grading and learning into proper perspective, offering strategies you can use right
Brookhart is an associate editor of Applied Measurement in Education and author or coauthor of 18 books and more than 70 articles and book chapters on classroom assessment, teacher professional development, and evaluation. She is professor emerita, School of Education at Duquesne University and was the 2007–2009 editor of Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, a journal of the National Council on Measurement in Education. Brookhart is an independent educational