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These three points are called the ______.
1. Use grades to communicate, not motivate.
2. Report achievement and other factors separately.
3. Reflect only current level of achievement in the academic grade.
What are the three grading guidelines?
Averaging _____ with other scores to calculate grades skews the grade in a way that will not recover and makes the final grade an inaccurate picture of student achievement.
What are zeros?
This is the grade for 65 percent.
What is a D?
Far too many students would rather take ______ than change their habits and behaviours.
What are lower grades?
These four points are included in the ________.
1. Verify accuracy of summative data.
2. Convert record book entries to a common scale.
3. Weight information as needed.
4. Combine information thoughtfully.
What is the process for summarizing information?
This type of grading creates competition between students.
What is grading on a curve?
This is the percentage for a B grade.
What is an 85%.
Replacing out-of-date evidence with this type of evidence provides a stable estimate of achievement.
What is recent evidence?
The total of the ratings a student received divided by the total number of ratings.
What is the average rating?
When a student's score lies right on the borderline between two grades, don't turn to nonachievement factors, instead, you should look at additional ________ of ______.
What is evidence of learning?
This is the logical letter grade conversion for a 4-level rubric rating average of 2.7-2.8.
What is a C+?
A rubric that can be used to think about your own grading beliefs and practices.
What is a rubric for evaluating grading practices? (figure 10.10)
IEP is the abbriviation for _______.
What is Individualized Instructional/Educational Plan?
Because key decisions hinge on them in the student's future, the purpose of grades must be to _________.
What is to communicate?
This is the rubric rating average, on a 4-level scale, for a logical grade of an A.
What is 3.7-3.8?
________ assessment and feedback would be a practical method to promote learning rather than a grade-driven focus.
What is formative assessment?
Adopting ______ allows us to create accurate grades that communicate what they are intended to, that are fair to students, and that do not harm motivation or achievement.
What are sound grading practices?
This practice causes tension and competition between students and leads to some students considering themselves "losers."
What is ranking students in class?
What is 75%?
These are the names of Hunter's dog and Ty's cat.
What are Westin and Ash?