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Effective Grading
Addressing the challenges of high-stakes grading, the impact on student performance and school morale becomes apparent. Improving grading policies not only helps reduce failures but also fosters better discipline and higher morale among students and staff.
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Effective Grading Author: Douglas B. Reeves High-Stakes Grading When grading policies improve, dicipline and morale almost always follow When school take steps to reduce failures, lots of good things happen. Some of these failures are no doubt caused by excessive absences and poor student performance The stakes of grading practices are not limited to student failure The Steps to Take reassure parents, students, and teachers that certain things will not change Make sure that everyone knows that all students will be graded on the same playing field. Get the facts; gather evidence that will create a rationale for decision making At the end of the day, your choices about teaching practice must be guided by evidence, not opinions Identify teacher leaders who are already improving policies Chances are that some teachers in your school have already eliminated the use of ineffective grading policies Create a sense of urgency Identify the exact cost of inconsistent grading practices Ineffective Grading The use of the "semester killer" ---the single project, test, lab, paper, or other assignment that will make or break students This practice puts 18 weeks of work at risk based on a project that might, at most, have consumed four weeks of the semester. The practice of using the average of all scores throughout the semester A formula that presumes that the learning early in the semester is as important as learning at the end of the semester. The use of zeros for missing work There is evidence that grading as punishment does not work and the mathematical flaw in the use of the zero on a 100-point scale.
