School Grading Systems: Trying to Make Sense of Grades

Traditional grading, standards-based grading, grade floors, it’s all enough to make any teacher’s head spin. What does a student's grade represent? What does it measure? How do we find a balance between student mastery and effort when we’re assigning grades? We want to reward those students who work hard, but we also want our grades to be a reflection of how prepared students are to meet the demands of college-level work. We’re tackling this increasingly controversial conundrum on this episode, and sharing some strategies we’ve used to account for both student effort and mastery. Come find us so we can chat some more!

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School Grading Systems: Trying to Make Sense of Grades is an episode from Answers May Vary by Three Heads.

This episode is 24:48 long.

This episode was published on Jan 4, 2023.

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