Full Description
Authors, Caren Cameron and Kathleen Gregory, offer a practical five-step process for arriving at letter grades that moves away from collecting a string of marks and calculating a grade. They offer an alternative assessment method by examining a wide variety of assessment tools (rating scales, scoring keys, rubrics, test scores, observation records, discussion notes, symbols, portfolio collections, and more) and match the student evidence with a description of achievement.
Contents
Contents
Introduction
Who Is This Book For?
What Is This Book About?
Why Use a Different Approach? Why Now?
How Is This Book Organized?
What Are Our Intentions for Writing This Book?
1. Arriving at Letter Grades: Focus on Numbers
Some Key Research Findings
Changing our Focus
2. Arriving at Letter Grades: Focus on Learning
The Five-Step Process
3. Arriving at Letter Grades: Focus on Working It Through
Step 1: Identify Three to Five Big Ideas for One Subject Area
Step 2: Write Three Levels of Performance for Each Big Idea
Step 3: Identify Evidence that Shows Student Performance
Step 4: Highlight Descriptions of Learning on the Learning Map
Step 5: Determine a Letter Grade (and a Percentage if Necessary)
4. Arriving at Letter Grades: Focus on Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
5. Rethinking Letter Grades: Focus on Personal Findings
Three Reminders
Seven Findings
Appendix 1: Example of Conversion from a Letter Grade to a Percentage
Appendix 2: Big Ideas for Different Subject Areas
Appendix 3: Descriptive Language for Learning Maps
Appendix 4: Parent Brochure
Appendix 5: Conversation Cards
Appendix 6: Article: "Arriving at Letter Grades: Get Closer to the Learning"
