The following resources will give stakeholders insight on the years of research on best practices when grading for learning.
Consider reading the following professional literature to learn more.
How to Grade for Learning Ken O’Connor
A Repair Kit for Grading: 15 Fixes for Broken Grades Ken O’Connor
Developing Standards-Based Report Cards Thomas Guskey & Jane Bailey
Answers to Essential Questions about Standards, Assessments, Grading & Reporting Thomas Guskey & Lee Ann Jung
What We Know About Grading Thomas Guskey & Susan Brookhart
On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting Thomas Guskey
Grading Exceptional and Struggling Learners Thomas Guskey and Lee Ann Jung
How to Create & Use Rubrics for Formative Assessment Susan Brookhart
Learning Targets: Helping Students Aim for Understanding in Today’s Lessons Connie Moss & Susan Brookhart
The Standards-Based Classroom: Making Learning the Goal Emily Rinkema & Stan Williams
Grading from the Inside Out Tom Schimmer
Grading for Impact: Raising Student Achievement Through a Target-Based Assessment and Learning System Tom Hierck & Garth Larson