Toni Rose is joined by Megan Leich to discuss her philosophy on and approaches to grades, grading, and assessment.
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Everything You Need To Know About Building A Great Screencast VideoHow to Create a Self-Paced ClassroomSetting up Mastery-Based Grading in your ClassroomMegan's ESRN grading scale (based on Robert Talbert’s EMRN scale):
E: Excellent Student’s submission goes beyond satisfactory requirements in a measurable wayI provide examples of what that could look like (including additional skills in a project, going deeper into a topic, etc - it depends on what the assessment and standards/outcomes are)S: SatisfactoryStudent’s submission meets the standards/requirementsRevision is optional R: ReviseSome part of the submission doesn’t meet the requirements yetRevision is requiredN: Not AccessableThe submission can’t be assessed for some reason (it’s not submitted, it’s not shared correctly, it’s missing a section, etc)Revision is requiredResources from Megan (a short selection, many of which she mentioned on the episode):
Hacking Assessment (Starr Sackstein)Ungrading (Susan Blum, editor)Grading for Equity (Joe Feldman)Specifications Grading (Linda Nilson)Grading for Growth BlogOther folks to follow:Courtney Sobers (Rutgers University)Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh (Central New Mexico Community College)Matt Townsley (University of N. Iowa)Email Megan at [email protected]
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