Assessment

Deemphasize the grade while emphasizing feedback!

Don't confuse assessment with grading. Assessment refers to coming to know: learning what students can and cannot do. Grading is placing value on where they are in their process. It's about judgment while assessment is about understanding.

Feedback tips: Thinking Like a Coach

Follow the discussion on twitter: #DisruptGrading

#StopGrading

Pointless: a superb book by Sarah Zerwin on smart grading practices. You can also listen to the podcast.

VM0191Grading.pdf

EJ0792Adapting.pdf

This article by Margie Krest is old but still relevant.

Grading Practices That Grow Writers - Literacy & NCTEArina Bokas describes her practice of grading students through the various steps of writing, from research to thinking to drafting, editing and finalizing.

Sarah Zerwin and her colleagues in Colorado have been wrestling with grading or, more specifically, not grading:

#StopGrading Blog SeriesIn the summer of 2016, I decided to write to capture how I went about setting up and navigating my gradeless classroom. Here are all of those posts in one place. It’s important to note that I…

Check out this link to the Teach Thought for an article on reducing the time we spend grading writing.

A blog series about assessment

Teachers Going GradelessTeachers Going Gradeless: Grow beyond grades.

Write More, Grade Less

Schmoker's article has lots of suggestions.

And what about grading.docx

Assessing writing workshop

Insights from Moving Writers

Check out this blog for a way of assessing student growth.

Workshop_Graphic_Assessment_final.pdf