Student Feedback and Grading

Feedback and Assessment

• Feedback

  • Grades Versus Comments: Research on Student Feedback by Thomas Guskey

  • Check out 20 Ways to Provide Effective Feedback for Learning by TeachThought. Then, decide on a period of time- 3 days, a week- and collect the feedback you give students during that window. It can be written feedback, oral feedback you collect via video. Revisit your priority standards and learning targets. How does the feedback help students achieve those targets? What opportunities exist to tweak feedback with that end in mind?

  • Consider using the RISE Model Template, developed by Emily Wray for Peer Feedback or Self-Assessment.

  • In 5 Reasons You Should Seek Your Your Own Student Feedback, Jennifer Gonzalez explains not just why it is important to get student feedback but how to do it and how to set the conditions to ensure the feedback is meaningful. What do you think about engaging students as collaborators? Dip your toe into student feedback by asking for feedback about something concrete and specific. A few sample surveys can be found here.

Attendance

Teachers will be required to take attendance each day. Additional information will be provided when guidance from Pupil Accounting is available.