How to Grade for Learning: Linking Grades to Standards

by Ken B. O'Connor

Implement standards-based grading practices that help students succeed!Classroom assessment and grading should help students grow and develop to their full potential, but meshing traditional grading practices with students' achievement on standards has been difficult and daunting. Making real and lasting changes to grading practices requires both knowledge and willpower.This 4th edition of the best-selling How to Grade for Learning provides eight guidelines for good grading, offers recommendations for practical applications, and gives solid suggestions for implementing more effective grading practices. Ken O'Connor presents the latest research on motivation, mindset, learning styles, and beliefs about fairness to inform this new edition, which Both the why's and the how-to's of implementing standards-based grading practices 48 educator contributions from nationally and internationally known educators, authors, and consultants that provide ideas and testimonials for effective assessment practices Sections on hot-button issues such as academic dishonesty, extra credit, bonus points and homework Additional information on utilizing levels of proficiency and eliminating the use of percentages and averaging Reflective exercises and numerous tools, including rubrics, sample letters, and case studies Techniques for managing grading more efficiently An invaluable resource for helping teachers assign grades that are accurate, consistent, meaningful, and supportive of learning, this book also makes an ideal staff development resource.

Genres: Education

392 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2002

Reviews

[Michele · Rating 1 out of 5]

Glad I never paid for the book. No research and lots of cherry-picked quotes. Not saying grading by standards is bad or I disagree with it but this is not the book for me. There is no true data showing that this is more effective or beneficial to students but a whole lot of opinion about how this is critical for the students.

I tried to slog my way through hoping that I could but find that this book is a detractor for me. It sits on the shelf until I must pull it out and then is placed back on the self as soon as I can get it there.

[Danielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was ok. It had some useful and pertinent information. I really enjoyed some of the teacher profiles as well. I would definitely recommend this as one resource (among many) for standards based grading, but I would not recommend it as your main go-to book for this subject. A lot of it felt repetitious and overly verbose; I felt like it could have been condensed significantly.