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    Rethinking grading : meaningful assessment for standards-based learning / Cathy Vatterott.

    • Title:Rethinking grading : meaningful assessment for standards-based learning / Cathy Vatterott.
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    • Author/Creator:Vatterott, Cathy, 1951- author.
    • Published/Created:Alexandria, Virginia : ASCD, [2015]
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Grading and marking (Students)--United States.
      Educational tests and measurements--United States.
      Educational evaluation--United States.
    • Description:viii, 131 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
    • Summary:After careful research and years of experiences with grading as a teacher and parent, Cathy Vatterott examines and debunks traditional practices and policies of grading in K-12 schools. She offers a new paradigm for standards-based grading that focuses on student mastery of content and gives concrete examples from elementary, middle, and high schools. Rethinking grading will show all educators at all levels how standards-based grading can authentcally reflect student progress and learning - and significantly improve both teaching and learning.- Back cover.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781416620495 (pbk. : alk. paper)
      1416620494 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:The culture of grading
      Why we need a new grading paradigm
      What grading looks like in the standards-based classroom
      What, how, and when to grade
      How to reform grading : making change happen
      Afterword
      Appendix.
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