Nearly two and a half years ago, I embarked on a third graduate program. A little over six months ago, I provided another update. Today, I am happy to share the light is very bright at the end of the tunnel: I recently defended my dissertation! If you’re not familiar with the process, a final
The email questions continue to roll in this school year. A math teacher from California gave me permission to share some of our recent communication: If there is unlimited number of reassessment, how do you manage students who want to re-assess till they attain “got it” and eventually the school year is ending? Our teachers
A teacher from a nearby school district recently emailed me with a few questions about standards-based grading in preparation for the upcoming school. He gave me permission to share some of our dialogue in this public space. This is the second of two question and answer posts about homework as practice, rather than merely point
A teacher from a nearby school district recently emailed me with a few questions about standards-based grading in preparation for the upcoming school year. He gave me permission to share some of our dialogue in this public space. This is the first of two question and answer posts about homework as practice, rather than merely
Nearly two years ago, I embarked on a third graduate program. Recently, I defended my dissertation proposal. This is a big time milestone! If you’re not familiar with the process of a doctoral program, the dissertation proposal is a draft of the first three chapters reviewed by the committee in which they give a doctoral
A comprehensive list of scholarly articles related to standards-based grading. This resource is updated as new articles and studies are published.
What does the research say about standards-based grading? A research primer [printer-friendly pdf] Authors: Matt Townsley and Tom Buckmiller, Ph.D. One hundred years, No research to support. Traditional grading practices have been used for over one hundred years, and to date, there have been no meaningful research reports to support it (Marzano, 2000). In an era of
I received some positive feedback from the Top 10 Standards-Based Grading Articles list, so I thought it might be helpful to share a similar list of books¹. O’Connor, K. (2009). How to grade for learning, K-12 (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. Ken O’Connor has written a number of books and articles geared toward
UPDATE: For articles published in 2016 or later, see this list. — Every once in a while, I receive an email from an educator or parent interested in standards-based grading (SBG) and he/she asks for an introductory reading list. I typically attach several of my favorites and then link to an ongoing list of articles
PK-12 education is funded as a social service, yet we’re expected to produce Cadillac-like results. Think about that for a moment. When a primary breadwinner loses his/her job in the United States, unemployment is a benefit intended to assist, but not fully replace, the financial needs of the household. Social security was never intended to