An important reminder to education:
Grades should represent students have mastered a CONTENT area…
NOT how good they are at following directions, being kind, putting a name on paper, bringing a pencil, showing up, or any other BEHAVIOR.
We must strive to separate the two.
I continue to be fired up about grades.
If we are going to continue to use the traditional system of A-F we have to shatter the traditional way that credit and points are given.
-2 points for no name does not connect to the curriculum.
+3 points because you have a pencil is not a math standard.
Bonus points because you showed up does not prove learning.
I’m ALLLLLL for tracking this data and presenting that to adult stakeholders but an A in a class should mean the student is proficient in the class, just like an F in the class should prove no learning.
“But not doing work should have consequences!”
I agree.
But not linked to academic grading.
Refused to turn in work? Lunch detentions. After school time. Calls home.
These have to be the go-to before zeros. (mic drop)
With so much love,
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