The ability to be able to “dig deeper” into what a final grade represents and how it can be used to report learning not only intrigued the admissions officers, but it generated an entire discussion around what else a competency-based grading and reporting system could do for students.
Contents contributed and discussions participated by Blair Peterson
Assessment of Learning with a Competency-Based System: How to Start | Connected Principals - 0 views
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A “competency” is the ability of a student to apply content knowledge and skills in and/or across the content area(s).
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In contrast, O’Connor (2009) defines a formative assessment as “an assessment for learning and can broadly be described as a “snapshot” or a “dipstick” measure that captures a student’s progress through the learning process.
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Assessment of Student Learning - 0 views
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Ideas from Indiana University's Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning.
Group Skills Development - 0 views
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Guide to help students better develop skills for working in groups. Very good ideas to share with students.
rubrics-the-secret-to-grading.png (768×350) - 0 views
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Cartoon on rubrics
Homework: An Unnecessary Evil? | Psychology Today - 2 views
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First, no research has ever found a benefit to assigning homework (of any kind or in any amount) in elementary school.
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Second, even at the high school level, the research supporting homework hasn’t been particularly persuasive. There does seem to be a correlation between homework and standardized test scores, but (a) it isn’t strong, meaning that homework doesn’t explain much of the variance in scores,
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Third, when homework is related to test scores, the connection tends to be strongest -- or, actually, least tenuous -- with math. If homework turns out to be unnecessary for students to succeed in that subject, it’s probably unnecessary everywhere.
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http://www.marzanoresearch.com/documents/GSASR_HomeworkArticle.pdf - 0 views
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2007 Marzano article on homework and the research on homework. The article advises teachers to use homework but with certain guidelines.
Denise Pope speaks at the Branson School - YouTube - 0 views
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Her research on homework and stress.
Challenge Success Blog - 0 views
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Former student's reflection on homework in high school.
Challenge Success - 0 views
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Organization that focuses on looking at stress in schools. They have some excellent strategies for Graded to consider.
Turnitin : Resources : Webcasts - 1 views
PRX » Piece » The End of Homework - 0 views
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Podcast on homework. You probably have to join the site to access the podcast. Myths about homework. Does HW lead to Academic Achievement. In ES it's counter productive. Kids who do more HW get higher grades. Patterns of behavior
In Defense of Homework | disrupt learning! - 0 views
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Is the anti-homework movement another “throw the baby out with the bath water” phenomenon? If particular kinds of homework aren’t effective then we, as an educator community, need to look at that and make adjustments so that the things that we are assigning DO make a difference in learner performance. But getting rid of homework because it’s potentially aversive or so that kids can play more? I’m not convinced.
Petition | Urge the National PTA: Support Healthy Homework Guidelines | Change.org - 1 views
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1. HOMEWORK SHOULD ADVANCE A SPIRIT OF LEARNING
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2. HOMEWORK SHOULD BE STUDENT-DIRECTED
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3. HOMEWORK SHOULD PROMOTE A BALANCED SCHEDULE
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Race to Nowhere initiative to writing a position statement on homework.
Learning In Burlington: We Have Some Work To Do On Homework... - 0 views
A Week without Homework Challenge #aweekwithouthomework « Cooperative Catalyst - 0 views
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"#aweekwithouthomework"
Practical PBL: The Ongoing Challenges of Assessment | Edutopia - 1 views
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Good ideas for assessing and grading group projects.
Education Rethink: Homework and the Real World - 0 views
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