Grading and Learning: Practices That Support Student Achievement

by Susan M. Brookhart

Grades should reflect and motivate learning. This book is relatable, relevant, and effective in improving educators' assessment and reporting processes and supporting students' motivation to learn. Understand how to grade individual assignments and give report card grades that accurately reflect and clearly communicate student achievement. Clear, concrete examples help translate state standards into curriculum goals.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Nonfiction

168 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2011

Reviews

[Allison · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was disappointed in the lack of concrete ways to implement standards-based grading into a traditional grading situation. Brookhart wrote this text as if classroom teachers had the ability to override district grading policies, which is usually not how it works. More examples on how to revamp classroom grading while still working with existing policies would have more this more effective for me.

Ultimately I agreed with (most of) what Brookhart has to say, I just wished the text had been more grounded in the reality and had not merely repeated the basic theory for 142 pages.