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Standards based grading

Standards based grading. By Mr. Matthew Lopez 26 November 2013. I CAN!!!. I can explain what Standards Based Grading is! I can explain why Standards Based Grading should be used! I can effectively use Standards based grading in my classroom!. gee dang….

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Standards based grading

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  1. Standards based grading By Mr. Matthew Lopez 26 November 2013

  2. I CAN!!! • I can explain what Standards Based Grading is! • I can explain why Standards Based Grading should be used! • I can effectively use Standards based grading in my classroom!

  3. gee dang… • Have you ever received a grade that you think you didn’t deserve??? • Take a couple minutes and discuss it amongst your group members.

  4. What is Standards based Grading? • Standards based grading is a new view on grading • Also called progressive education • Focuses more on critical thinking and creativity

  5. Why Switch? • This is more applicable to life • Boosts creativity • Improves critical thinking skills • Encourages inquiry based thinking

  6. How are we graded? • High Pass • Low Pass • Fail

  7. Who is doing this? • Harvard University • Van Andel Institute • QPOE2 • Modified Scientific Method

  8.  Review  • What does progressive thinking improve upon? • Why use a high pass, low pass, fail system?

  9. Activity Time!! • Look at each of the essays that I hand out • Put them in order of High pass, Low pass, Fail • Explain your reasoning for the grades each one received.

  10. What happened? • What grade did you give intro #1? • What grade did you give intro #2? • What grade did you give intro #3? • What made ____ the best?

  11. I CAN!!! • I can explain what Standards Based Grading is. • I can explain why Standards Based Grading should be used. • I can effectively use Standards based grading in my classroom.

  12. Sources Kohn, Alfie. Progressive Education. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 1-7. Google Scholar. Web. 13 Feb. 2013. Michaels, James W. N.p.: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universit, n.d. 87. Google Scholar. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. Harvard Law School Adopts Pass-Fail Grading System. N.p.: Harvard University, 2008. N. pag. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. Kohn, Alfie. The case against standardized testing: raising the scores, ruining the schools. N.p.: n.p., 2000. 3-16. Google Scholar. Web. 16 Feb. 2013. Barzun, Jacques. Begin here: The Forgotten Conditions of Teaching and Learning. N.p.: n.p., 1991. 2-4. Google Scholar. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. Grand Rapids: n.p., 2012. N. pag. Web. 26 Feb. 2013. <http://www.vai.org/en/vaei/science-academy/products.aspx>. Intro paragraph examples. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://webhome.broward.edu/~dshaw/handouts/The Opening Paragraph.html

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