Develop standards-based report cards that are meaningful to students, parents, and educators! Helping school leaders gain support for transitioning from traditional to standards-based report cards, this book guides educators in aligning assessment and reporting practices with standards-based education and providing more detailed reports of children’s learning and progress. This accessible volume: Provides a clear framework for developing standards-based report cards Shows how to communicate with parents, students, and other stakeholders about changes Illustrates how to achieve grading consistency without increasing teachers’ workloads or violating their professional autonomy Includes examples of standards-based report cards that can be adapted to a school’s needs
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orwin gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the following reviewers: Jeanne Collins Superintendent Burlington School District Burlington, Vermont Kurtis Hewson Faculty Associate University of Lethbridge Alberta, Canada Frederick ...
Accurately report students’ academic strengths and weaknesses with standards-based grading.
Learn everything you need to know to implement an integrated system of assessment and grading.
This book aims to provide a coherent and thoughtful framework for viewing the complex issues related to grading and reporting student learning.
Elias, Ferrito, and Moceri (2016) say that we must ask if “the other side” of the report card “address(es) the behaviors most worth talking about, that is, those most essential and best aligned with our ultimate goal of educating the ...
In How's My Kid Doing? noted educator Thomas R. Guskey has created a practical handbook for parents who have trouble understanding their school-age children's grades, report cards, and test scores.
This is the vision of personalized learning an approach to education founded in collaborative conversations where students are no longer bystanders in their own development.
... from http://www.bigpicture.org/ 2010/10/imagine-a-school-where-all-kids-have-individual-lesson-plans/ Thomas, D., ... C. A, Kaplan, S. N., Renzulli, J. S., Purcell, J. H., Leppien, J. H, & Burns, D. E., Strickland, C.A., et al.
In this book, readers will find all of the tools, resources, and guidance they need to not only implement the standards-based grading system in their schools but, through collaborative work within a PLC, achieve the greatest possible ...