Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School

by Starr Sackstein

Internationally-recognized grading and assessment expert Starr Sackstein is back with the long-awaited update to her highly-regarded guide to throwing out grades, even in a traditional grades school. Nearly seven years after helping launch a global no-grades classroom movement, Sackstein has honed her practice and now brings teachers and school leaders more than 100 new and updated strategies, solutions, and practical resources you can read today and use in any classroom tomorrow to transform how you assess learning. Readers will learn about the flaws of traditional assessment systems and how to make immediate changes so students can better advocate for themselves as learners. Begin by addressing your mindset about grading, and learn how to help your community buy into the shift and to go gradeless. Bravely change the systems that aren’t serving your students.

In this power-packed second edition of Hacking Assessment, you will
Read this impactful, updated second edition of Hacking Assessment today, and immediately start building a culture of students who embrace learning for learning's sake, not for a grade.

290 pages, Hardcover

Published July 22, 2022

Reviews

[Yvonna Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Realistic and helpful. The author has found a way to de-emphasize grading in her classroom while working within a system that requires teachers to submit grades. Well worth reading if you are a classroom teacher!