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Bring Standards-Based Grading To Your School — SUCCESSFULLY! Part 3

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Although my school started with the end in mind, we quickly understood that change was much more about shifts in assessment and teaching practices and less about grades. Especially true when a mantra like ours is, “It’s about the learning, not the grading.” A blog post by Garnet Hillman and these strategies will help you understand that standards-based learning underpins the transition to standards-based grading. If you don’t align

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Grading Changes – Tip of the Iceberg

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One of my takeaways from a recent Twitter chat on grading and assessment is the apparent slow progress many schools are experiencing in shifting away from traditional forms such as letter or percentage grades, use of zeros, final exams, grading homework, and combining behaviors and academics in one grade.

Reading between the Twitter lines, there is measured frustration (usually) in how schools are approaching grading changes. Phrases like, “We are just getting started”, “Moving slowly”, and “You can’t force change” are tweeted often. And this is from some of the most motivated teachers and administrators, who are among the small percentage of educators active on Twitter. read more

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Wake Up Call: Traditional University System

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Have you ever heard the alarm clock from what seemed to be a deep slumber? Then, it startles you awake. Such is the case for post-secondary education in the United States.

The alarm has been going off for a while now. From staggering student loan debt to fixation on amenities instead of 21st-century learning practices to growing unemployment of graduates, the traditional (4 years BA/BS degree on brick/mortar college campus) university system may become superfluous within the next 15 years.

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