HOW LATE PAPERS FIT INTO A GRADING POLICY
06Sep
What role should responsibility issues of students play within the grading structure? Are we grading all aspects of the child, or are we looking at content mastery? Grade level standards should provide the basis for determining grades. There should be some performance standards as the reference points when determining the grades. Given clear descriptions of the performance standards, then grades will reflect that accordingly. For instance, proficient would equal a B.Achievement of the standards should be the sole basis of the grades. Attendance, participation, attitude, responsibility, effort or potential should be scored separately. Due to the deadly effect of issuing zeros for the failure to acquire the desired knowledge or to complete a learning activity, the only mathematically-sound practice would be to issue 50% E scores. Never should there be a score in the grade book below the 50% score.Think about the students that typically turn in work late. There are a couple categories of students. One group are the children who struggle with the content. Another group are the children who are capable and ... [more..]
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