grading and marking (education)

Keshwan uses his computer skills to make money by changing grades for cash, but Neecy wants to earn her good grades.

Mia is still getting used to having her new stepdad and stepbrother around when she begins to struggle with writing in her Spanish class, and since her family, who speaks Spanish, is willing to help, Mia learns that she is lucky to have three parents.

Provides information about and strategies for reporting academic strengths and weaknesses with standards-based grading.

Presents a rationale for differentiated assessment and grading, discusses mastery, and provides guidance, ideas, and examples from middle and high school classrooms, as well as a guide for teacher leaders on supporting colleagues beginning differentiated assessment and grading.

The author offers his formula for feedback, SE2R (Summarize, Explain, Redirect, Resubmit), as a way to break classroom dependence on the traditional A through F grading system and find other ways to motivate students to learn and achieve.

Offers teachers a method of grading that is accurate, fair, specific, and timely, identifying the four characteristics of effective feedback, looking at the debate over grading, and including time-saving strategies, as well as tips on leading change in grading practices and systems.

Struggling in a class where her teacher puts stars on the board for good spelling, neatness, and correct answers, creative little Rose worries that she will never earn merits until she makes an oversized card that reflects her artistic talents.

Mia is still getting used to having her new stepdad and stepbrother around when she begins to struggle with writing in her Spanish class, and since her family, who speaks Spanish, is willing to help, Mia learns that she is lucky to have three parents.