How often are our assessments affected by nothing more or less than timing?
This comic made me think of my two favorite quotes in regards to grading:
A mark or grade is an inadequate report of an inaccurate judgement by a biased and variable judge of the extent to which a student has attained an indefinite amount of material. (Paul Dressel)
What grades offer is spurious precision, a subjective rating masquerading as an objective assessment. (Alfie Kohn)
The most recent issue of ASCD's Education Leadership (which just arrived in my mailbox today) addresses grading. There are articles by Alfie Kohn, Thomas Guskey, and Rick Wormeli among others. I haven't dug deeply into it yet, but it gives me hope for the mainstream conversation.
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