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Grading, Assessment and Reporting Coalition 2021-22

  • The Roots of the Coalition
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  • Bunker Hill Middle School
  • Research, Articles, and Writings

     

    Comments from the Washington Township Community

    • Spring 2021 Survey Feedback

     

     

    The Purpose of Grading

    • Valedictorian Shocks the World with Brutally Honest Graduation Speech (Video 4 min 48 sec - May 31, 2016)

     

    • Dr. Tom Guskey Video from Ed Talks at the University of Kentucy.  "What's in a Grade? (Video 8 min 19 sec - May 16, 2017)

     

    • Dr. Tom Guskey Chapter 1 from Get Set, Go! Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems (10 pages - 2020).

     

    • Tom Schimmer Video from Solution Tree.  "The Reformed Grader." (Video 6 min 12 sec - January 8, 2021) 

     

    • Valerie Strauss and Donna St. George article in The Washington Post.  "Teachers Second-Guess Letter Grades as They Search for a Better Way (Article February 28, 2022)

     

     

     

     

     

    Standards Based Grading

    • Dr. Tom Guskey and Lee Ann Yung Article in Leadership Compass.  "The Challenges of Standards-Based Grading." (Article Winter 2006).

     

    • Dr. Lauren B. Resnick  in Education Next.  "The Mismeasure of Learning."  (Article July 19, 2006)

     

    • Sanborn Regional High School Report Card (New Hampshire) from Competency Works.  Sample Standards-Based High School Report Card/Transcript  (2015)

     

    • Thomas Buckmiller and Randal Peters in School Administrator.  "Getting a Fair Shot?  Three Findings from a Study of University Officials' Views on the Use of Standards-Based Grading in Admissions Decisions."  (Article February 2018).

     

    • Megan Knight and Matt Townsley in Journal of Educational Leadership in Action.  "Making Change Stick:  A Case Study of One High School's Journey Toward Standards-Based Grading." (Article March 2020).

     

    • Laura Link and Thomas Guskey in Theory into Practice Vol. 61.  "Is Standards-Based Grading Effective?" (Article August 9, 2022).

     

    • Michael Horn in The Hechinger Report.  "Still Skeptical About Mastery-Based Learning?  Here's a Better Way of Looking at What it is and does."  (Opinion August 10, 2022)

     

     

     

    The Grade Book and the Impact of Zeroes

     

    • Alexis Tamony in Edutopia.  "3 Grading Practices that Should Change"  (Article November 22, 2021)

     

    • Paloma Esquivel in LA Times.  "Faced with Soaring Ds and Fs, Schools are Ditching the Old Way of Grading."  (Article November 8, 2021)

     

    • Lee Ann Jung in Educational Leadership.  "Does it Count?"  (Article September 1, 2020)

     

    • Alexis Tamony in Edutopia.  "The Case Against Zeroes in Grading" (Video and Article October 6, 2021)

     

    • Christina Torres in Edutopia.  "No Points Off for Late Work"  (Article April 20, 2022)

     

     

     

    Retakes and Redos

    • Rick Wormeli Video  with Stenhouse Publishers. "Redos, Retakes, and Do-Overs." (Video 8 min 13 sec - December 10, 2010)

     

    • Scott Habeeb Blog in The Assessment Network.  "Redos and Retakes?  Sure, but Don't Forget to Loop."  (Blog October 6, 2016)

     

    • Joshua Goodman, Oded Gurantz, and Jonathan Smith Article.  National Bureau of Eduational Research.  "Take Two! SAT Retaking and Enrollment Gaps." (Article August 2018)

     

    • Stephen Merrill in Edutopia.  "Allowing Retakes Without Getting Gamed."  (Article  April 25, 2019)

     

    • Bryan Goodwin and Kristin Rouleau Article in Educational Leadership.  "Research Matters:  Grading to Encourage Re-Learning." (Article September 1, 2020)

     

    • Rick Wormeli Article AMLE Magazine. "Relearning and Reassessing:  Practical Tips."  (Article April 2021)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Bunker Hill

Middle School


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Michael D'Ostilio

372 Pitman-Downer Road

Sewell, NJ 08080

Phone: 856-881-7007

E4 - Excellence through Equity, Engagement, and Environment

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