South Shore Tech. is one of five schools in Massachusetts that won a competitive grant from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to rethink grading. The other schools that received this grant are listed below:
The following organizations are directly or indirectly supporting this work:
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - Provided the Rethinking Grading grant that enables this work
The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy - Works to organize meetings and coordinate the work of the five Massachusetts schools who received the Rethinking Grading grant
ReDesign - Provides direct coaching and support
Here is a brief outline of the work SST has done and plans to do in the near future.