tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812794395259173668.post8547391131647724865..comments2024-01-16T20:55:12.331-05:00Comments on Drawing On Math: Standards Based GradingTina Cardonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00549943329133396794noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812794395259173668.post-19692953192792772582012-08-27T22:30:27.670-04:002012-08-27T22:30:27.670-04:00What do you do when students don't come to tak...What do you do when students don't come to take a missed assessment? My first step is to tell everyone they are responsible for seeing me if they miss class, then I individually invite them to come after school to take it, but at the end of the quarter I can't just excuse students from assessments they didn't bother to take, so I will put in a zero. And if I'll put in a zero at the end of the quarter, it would be unfair to not do that right away since grades would be dramatically different on report cards than they'd been all term. The hope is that students won't even need to see a progress report with zeros in there, but for the student who thinks they can get by without doing things it does sometimes serve the purpose of getting them kick started.<br /><br />I went back and forth on the 3 = 75% but currently think that if students are making careless mistakes on every assessment, then they need to slow down. They can also re-assess and it should be easy for them to get that 4 since they know the content well. Finally, it wouldn't be a 75% for the whole product grade, just the test/quiz part. If this turns out to skew my grades in a way I don't like I will happily inform my students that I messed up and I'm changing the grades in their favor.<br /><br />Thanks for the feedback. I need to keep thinking these things through, but really I need to just try them on some kids and see what happens!Tina Cardonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00549943329133396794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812794395259173668.post-50813434061147232112012-08-25T08:23:03.661-04:002012-08-25T08:23:03.661-04:00I mean, not to be mr.-problem-guy, but I'm not...I mean, not to be mr.-problem-guy, but I'm not sure about the "0 as a motivational tool" idea. I think I'd push back on that. Also, somebody who always gets "Proficient" will get a 75% on the product grade. Will your students think that is fair?<br /><br />However I think it's perfectly find to include the process grade too --- it's a nice dichotomy.<br /><br />JoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812794395259173668.post-69086057363679496892012-08-19T21:15:13.814-04:002012-08-19T21:15:13.814-04:00Thanks for the insights! In the past I've had...Thanks for the insights! In the past I've had students do test corrections, so I have a form fo that. It would be a good idea to brainstorm with them how else to prepare, but I want them to have some flexibility on that. I will include it as a question on the test correction form. I hadn't considered that I'd have to look at the corrections before they re-assessed, good point! I will have to figure out a plan for that and not just assume I'll have time, there's obviously never enough time...Tina Cardonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00549943329133396794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812794395259173668.post-45811895316253020132012-08-19T21:01:44.455-04:002012-08-19T21:01:44.455-04:00Two comments.
1) When you say they have to show ...Two comments. <br /><br />1) When you say they have to show you their 'evidence of practice' do they know what that means? Do you have something prepared for them to do or are they supposed to come up with it on their own? For example, I'm going to ask students to correct the problems they got wrong and copy an example problem from an online video example.<br /><br />2)Will all of your reassessments take place on a certain day? Is there a certain time that you would like them to sign up on the calendar? You might want to make a schedule to keep your sanity. For example, I'm asking students to give me the form on Tuesday so I can check their corrections and create an assessment on Thursday. I will only reassess on Thursdays. <br /><br />These 2 problems both came up when I surveyed my own students about why they didn't come in for reassessments.<br /><br />You may or may not have already planned those out. miss.calcul8https://www.blogger.com/profile/02014623484245570719noreply@blogger.com