Description: Grading for Equity : What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms, Paperback by Feldman, Joe, ISBN 1506391575, ISBN-13 9781506391571, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US "For some time, traditional (A - F) grading practices have been under fire from a wide range of stakeholder. Grading policies are wildly inconsistent from classroom to classroom, frequently misguided, uninformed, and frequently based on subjective judgments. Of even more concern, our grading practices exacerbate the achievement gap. It is well-documented that African-American and Latino students, boys, as well as special education students, are disproportionately suspended and expelled, influenced by teachers' unconscious but biased judgments of student behavior. Virtually ignored is how teachers' incorporate subjective and non-academic criteria into their grades (through criteria such as student attitude, "participation", and "effort"), and how approachto grading contributes to these same students' disproportionately high course failure rates and disproportionately low placement in advanced academic tracks"--
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Book Title: Grading for Equity : What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can T
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Name: Grading for Equity : What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms
Language: English
Publisher: Corwin Press
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Multicultural Education, Evaluation & Assessment, Testing & Measurement
Item Weight: 21 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Joe Feldman
Subject Area: Education
Item Length: 10 in
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
