LIS Fall Conference 2019

In order to be effective and equitable, a grading & reporting system must communicate clear information to students, educators, and parents about the skills a student has mastered or the areas where they need support or more practice. However, discussions about changing the grading system can be highly contentious, emotionally charged, and weighed down with baggage that educators and parents all carry from their own school experiences. In this session, we will review the eight central tenets that should guide schools’ efforts to examine their grading systems. We will also explore sample policies and grading guidelines from schools that have used these tenets to successfully re-design the systems they use to score student work and report student grades. Participants will leave with a plan for reviewing and refining their own grading policies and guidelines using these tenets and examples.