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How to Grade for Learning

Linking Grades to Standards

Fourth Edition
By: Ken O'Connor

Forewords by Garnet Hillman and Rick Stiggins

Implement lasting standards-based grading practices using eight guidelines for good grading, practical applications, and real life-tested tips from 48 nationally and internationally known authors and consultants.

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781506334158
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2017
Page Count: 392
Publication date: October 17, 2017

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Implement standards-based grading practices that help students succeed!

Classroom assessment and grading should help students grow and develop to their full potential, but meshing traditional grading practices with students’ achievement on standards has been difficult and daunting. Making real and lasting changes to grading practices requires both knowledge and willpower.

This 4th edition of the best-selling How to Grade for Learning provides eight guidelines for good grading, offers recommendations for practical applications, and gives solid suggestions for implementing more effective grading practices. Ken O’Connor presents the latest research on motivation, mindset, learning styles, and beliefs about fairness to inform this new edition, which includes:

Both the why’s and the how-to’s of implementing standards-based grading practices
48 educator contributions from nationally and internationally known educators, authors, and consultants that provide ideas and testimonials for effective assessment practices
Sections on hot-button issues such as academic dishonesty, extra credit, bonus points and homework
Additional information on utilizing levels of proficiency and eliminating the use of percentages and averaging
Reflective exercises and numerous tools, including rubrics, sample letters, and case studies
Techniques for managing grading more efficiently

An invaluable resource for helping teachers assign grades that are accurate, consistent, meaningful, and supportive of learning, this book also makes an ideal staff development resource.

Key features

Provides clear guidelines for creating good grades

Defines the purpose of each guideline

Illustrates with examples

Discusses and analyzes key elements

Supplies overviews of various grading programs and calculation strategies

Author(s)

Ken O'Connor

Ken O’Connor is an independent classroom assessment consultant with a special interest in grading and reporting. An internationally recognized speaker who has presented in 47 states in the United States, 9 provinces and one territory in Canada, and 24 other countries, he has also consulted for schools, districts, and state and provincial departments of education. He had 23 years of classroom experience from grade 7 to grade 12, and 10 years of experience as a curriculum coordinator for a large school district. Ken was born in Melbourne, Australia, but has lived most of his life in the east end of Toronto, Canada.

His major extra-curricular interest is field hockey, as a player, umpire and coach. As a coach, three of his players went on to represent Canada in the Olympics. He also umpired at the 1984 Olympic Games and the 1990 World Cup.

Foreword by Rick Stiggins

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

Chapter 1: Basing Grades on Standards

Chapter 2: Using Performance Standards

Chapter 3: Grading Individual Achievement

Chapter 4: Sampling Student Performance

Chapter 5: Emphasizing More Recent Evidence

Chapter 6: Determining Grades

Chapter 7: Quality Assessment and Keeping Records