On assessment: measure what you value instead of valuing only what you can measure. Andy Hargreaves The Case Against Total Points and Category Weights Traditional digital gradebook applications limit what we can measure. Built around the concept of totaling up points from various assignments — whether as a single fraction, or as differently weighted categories …
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A Meek Monopoly
Two different articles in my news feed collided recently. One, by Rick Wormeli, focused on how we mistakenly subject students to educational practices from academic stages in their future, in the belief that by introducing practices from the next level, we are preparing students to succeed. The second article was about wireless headphones. Thinking that …
Carry that Weight
I’m in a new role this year at HWDSB, supporting the roll out of a new grade book application. One of the discussion items that has come up over and over, is how strands and overall expectations should be weighed. In our previous grade book application, teachers had the ability to set a weight on …