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  • Answers to Essential Questions About Standards, Assessments, Grading, & Reporting by T.R. Guskey & L.A. Jung, 2013
    • "This easy-to-use Q&A gives jargon-free answers to the most common questions in 21st-century education reform—and provides a basis for cooperation on successful improvement efforts."
  • Developing Standards-Based Report Cards by T.R, Guskey & J.M. Bailey, 2009
    • "Providing a clear framework, this volume helps school leaders align assessment and reporting practices with standards-based education and develop more detailed reports of children’s learning and progress."
  • Elements of Grading: A Guide to Effective Practice by D.B. Reeves, 2011
    • "Research has shown that the quality of feedback is one of the most important factors in improving student learning. Elements of Grading addresses problems with the primary source of feedback for students: grades. Author Douglas Reeves argues that grades must meet four essential criteria: -Accuracy. How can we ensure that grading systems are the result of evidence and reason rather than individual judgment? -Fairness. How can we ensure that grades are based on performance rather than gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status? -Specificity. How can we make sure grades are specific enough to help students improve their performance, rather than simply ranking them? -Timeliness. How can we ensure that students receive fair, accurate, and specific feedback while they still have the time and motivation to use it? In addressing these four issues, Elements of Grading does not offer an ultimate answer or perfect system but shows how to begin a constructive, evidence-based conversation about improving grading systems. Reeves analyzes the main features of the grading systems many schools use today (such as the 100-point system and the policy of giving no points for missing work), evaluating each of them by his four criteria. While addressing common arguments against reform, he offers practical suggestions to teachers to make the grading process not only more accurate, fair, specific, and timely, but quicker and more efficient as well. The book includes examples, case studies, and opportunities for reflection to facilitate individual and school-wide examinations of grading policies."
  • Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessing & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom by R. Wormeli, 2006
    • "Fair Isn't Always Equal answers that question and much more. Rick Wormeli offers the latest research and common sense thinking that teachers and administrators seek when it comes to assessment and grading in differentiated classes. Filled with real examples and “gray” areas that middle and high school educators will easily recognize, Rick tackles important and sometimes controversial assessment and grading issues constructively."
  • Formative Assessment and Standards-Based Grading by R.J. Marzano, 2010
    • "Formative Assessment and Standards-Based Grading offers teachers everything they need to know to implement an integrated system of assessment and grading that will enhance both their own teaching and their students' learning. Much has been written about the benefits of formative assessment, that is assessment that is used while instruction is occurring rather that at the end of a course or unit, but most descriptions of the practice have been genera. Dr. Robert Marzano provides the specifics. he explains how to design and interpret three different types of formative assessments, how to track student progress, and how to assign meaningful grades, even if a school or district continues to use a traditional grading system. He brings each concept to life with detailed examples of teachers from different subject areas applying it in their classrooms."
  • Grading Exceptional and Struggling Learners by L.A. Jung & T.R. Guskey, 2011
    • "The authors’ standards-based inclusive grading model helps teachers set expectations, implement appropriate accommodations and modifications, and communicate grading to students and their families."
  • How to Grade for Learning K-12, by K. O'Connor, 2009
    • "This new edition of the bestseller demonstrates how to improve grading practices by linking grades with standards and establishing policies that better reflect student achievement."
  • Leaders of Learning: How District, School, and Classroom Leaders Improve Student Achievement by R. DuFour & R.J. Marzano, 2011
    • "For many years, Dr. Richard DuFour and Dr. Robert J. Marzano have been cotravelers on the journey to help educators improve their schools. In their first book together, Dr. DuFour and Dr. Marzano have combined their passions to articulate how effective leaders foster continuous improvement at the district, school, and classroom levels. The book focuses on district leadership, principal leadership, and team leadership, and addresses how individual teachers can be most effective in leading students--by learning with colleagues how to implement the most promising pedagogy in their classrooms. The authors argue that no single person has all the knowledge, skills, and talent to lead a district, improve a school, or meet all the needs of every child in his or her classroom. Instead, it will take a collaborative effort and widely dispersed leadership to meet the challenges confronting schools."
  • Practical Solutions for Serious Problems in Standards-Based Grading by T.R. Guskey, 2008
    • "This edited volume discusses critical issues in implementing accurate, equitable grading policies for diverse student populations in a standards-based environment and offers research-based solutions."
  • A Repair Kit for Grading: Fifteen Fixes for Broken Grades by K. O'Connor, 2010
    • "A central premise of this book is that, at the district and school levels, there must be a shared vision of the primary purpose of grades. The author believes that primary purpose to be communication about achievement; with achievement being defined as performance measured against accepted published standards and learning outcomes."
  • The School Leader's Guide to Grading: Essentials for Principals Series by K. O'Connor, 2012
    • "Ensure your school's grading procedures are supportive of learning, accurate, meaningful, and consistent. discover how the 'seven essential Ps' can improve your effectiveness in supporting assessment and communicating student achievement."