Practical Solutions for Serious Problems in Standards-Based Grading

Thomas R. Guskey

ISBN 10: 1412967252 / ISBN 13: 9781412967259

Verlag: Sage Publications, 2008

pp. 136. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 261085032

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Implement standards-based grading practices that accurately and equitably report student achievement!

Standards-based education poses a variety of challenges for grading and reporting practices. This edited volume examines critical issues in standards-based grading and provides specific suggestions for improving policies and practices at the school and classroom levels. The chapters:

• Describe traditional school practices that inhibit the implementation of standards-based grading
• Address how teachers can assign fair and accurate grades to English language learners and students with special needs
• Examine legal issues related to grading 
• Discuss why report card grades and large-scale assessment scores may vary
• Offer communication strategies with parents

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Thomas R. Guskey, Ph.D., is professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Kentucky. Benjamin Bloom served as his advisor during his years of graduate study at the University of Chicago, as the director of his doctoral dissertation committee, and later as a colleague on several large-scale research projects.

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Titel: Practical Solutions for Serious Problems in ...
Verlag: Sage Publications
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New