Grading for equity : what it is, why it matters, and how it can transform schools and classrooms / Joe Feldman.
Material type: TextPublisher: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, 2024Edition: Second editionDescription: xxviii, 266 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781071876602
- 371.272 FEL 23 020772
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Book | Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore | 371.272 FEL 020772 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 020772 |
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"--
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