Feldman, Joe,
Grading for equity : what it is, why it matters, and how it can transform schools and classrooms / Joe Feldman. - xxviii, 266 pages : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 approach to grading contributes to these same students' disproportionately high course failure rates and disproportionately low placement in advanced academic tracks"--
9781506391571 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2018021314
Grading and marking (Students)--United States.
Discrimination in education--United States.
Minority students--Rating of--United States.
Educational equalization--United States.
LB3051 / .F44 2019
Grad 371.26013 / F312 2019
Grading for equity : what it is, why it matters, and how it can transform schools and classrooms / Joe Feldman. - xxviii, 266 pages : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 approach to grading contributes to these same students' disproportionately high course failure rates and disproportionately low placement in advanced academic tracks"--
9781506391571 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2018021314
Grading and marking (Students)--United States.
Discrimination in education--United States.
Minority students--Rating of--United States.
Educational equalization--United States.
LB3051 / .F44 2019
Grad 371.26013 / F312 2019