Learning, Feedback and Assessment

Do we dare give up grades?  Starr Sackstein thinks so…  What do you think?

A short excerpt from her blog:

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/work_in_progress/2016/08/approaching_the_new_year_with_.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=workinprogress

Approaching the New Year With a No Grades Classroom

By Starr Sackstein on August 18, 2016 5:43 AM

“……it’s a whole philosophical shift that you’re ready to make because you know it will benefit kids.

Now it’s time to start a new year fresh without grades or at least some version of a standards based classroom that strays from traditional beliefs about how grades communicate learning and you want to make sure you do it right….”

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