Grading

“Is This for a Grade?”: Understanding Assessment, Evaluation, and Low-Stakes Writing Assignments

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Jason McIntosh Volume 5 Chapter Description Grades are an important part of school. Among other things, they tell students how well they met assignment outcomes, whether they are on track to pass their courses and graduate, and if they qualify for certain scholarships and extracurricular activities. However, grades are also the cause of a great […]

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What Are We Being Graded On?

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Jeremy Levine Volume 4 Chapter Description Grades are an (often) unmentioned but all-powerful force in the writing classroom. We know that grades mean a great deal to students, motivating many of their decisions in the classroom.* But because grading is uncomfortable and inexact work, we rarely discuss it openly in class — a silence that

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