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A Repair Kit: Fixes for Broken Grades Presented by Ken O Connor Assess for Success Consulting kenocaol 416 267 4234

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A Repair Kit: Fixes for Broken Grades Presented by Ken O Connor Assess for Success Consulting kenocaol 416 267 4234

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    1. A Repair Kit: Fixes for Broken Grades Presented by Ken O�Connor Assess for Success Consulting kenoc@aol.com 416 267 4234

    2. �Perhaps the most counterproductive aspect of schooling as we know it is the conventional system of letter grades. The problem with grades is not the use of symbols but the absence of any defensible plan for coming up with the symbol. . . . most grades . . . reflect what is easy to count and average into a final grade.� Grant Wiggins, �Unthinking Grading,� Big Ideas, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2006, (on-line newsletter at www.authenticeducation.org)

    3. �. . . the best thing you can do is make sure your grades convey meaningful, accurate information about student achievement. If grades give sound information to students, then their perceptions (and) conclusions about themselves as learners, and decisions about future activity will be the best they can be.� Brookhart, S., Grading, Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, Columbus, OH, 2004, 34

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