All the talk of closing the achievement gap in schools obscures a
more fundamental issue: do the grades we assign to students truly
reflect the extent of their learning? In this lively and
eye-opening book, educator Myron Dueck reveals how many of the
assessment policies that teachers adopt can actually prove
detrimental to student motivation and achievement and shows how we
can tailor policies to address what really matters: student
understanding of content. In sharing lessons, anecdotes, and
cautionary tales from his own experiences revamping assessment
procedures in the classroom, Dueck offers a variety of practical
strategies for ensuring that grades measure what students know
without punishing them for factors outside their control;
critically examining the fairness and effectiveness of grading
homework assignments; designing and distributing unit plans that
make assessment criteria crystal-clear to students; creating a
flexible and modular retesting system so that students can improve
their scores on individual sections of important tests. Grading
Smarter, Not Harder is brimming with reproducible forms, templates,
and real-life examples of grading solutions developed to allow
students every opportunity to demonstrate their learning. Written
with abundant humor and heart, this book is a must-read for all
teachers who want their grades to contribute to, rather than
hinder, their students' success.
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