I have been blessed to work with hundreds of schools and thousands of educators as they work to gain assessment literacy and refine their use of data-informed instruction. Often this support comes by unpacking Standards-Based Grading and helping teachers move their practices forward by eliminating 100-point scales, scripted curriculums, and arbitrary deadlines. But, this approach does not come without pushback.
In the video available below, I explain my answers to the 4 most popular questions I get asked by educators as they work towards embracing the many components of SBG.
- Does SBG reduce or eliminate teacher autonomy?
- Can SBG be used in a classroom with diverse learners, “at-risk” students, students with special needs, or learners who are below grade level?
- Are we just watering down our expectations by eliminating “behavior” and “personal responsibility” from student grades?
- Why do we even need this? Are you saying the system I grew up with wasn’t good enough?
Feel free to get my answers to each of these questions in the short, 8-minute video embedded below. I welcome your feedback, your responses, or your disagreements.
Also- if you are interested in my thoughts on how Artificial Intelligence may be impacting SBG, feel free to view this short 5-minute video:
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