Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Q and A with Robert J. Marzano

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*Intriguing website where Marzano answer a series of questions on standards-based grading.  He offers his thoughts and insights.

Interesting Read




*This is a quick, easy, and interesting read on Popham’s perspectives of high-stakes testing in the classroom as well as standardized tests in the classroom.  He offers a unique look and challenges you to think outside of the box.

Always Formative



*A great blog with useful resources on how to get started with standards-based grading in your classroom.  This blog also contains links to other great sites with good information.

The Standards-Based School- 5 Easy Steps


Classroom management in the standards-based classroom is supported by classroom expectations and assigned tasks.
            *Great blog for resources and ideas on how to implement standards-based grading                        into a classroom.  Another wonderful aspect is that the comments on the blog are also very beneficial.


*This is a quality example of one school that has changed from traditional reporting to standards-based grading and reporting.  It is key to explain the need for it before going into detail of how it is going to work, and this school did a wonderful job of that.

How to Develop Standards-Based Report Cards


              
                      *This is a thorough book co-written by Bailey and Guskey with guidelines and helpful instructions on how to develop standards-based report cards.  Before the authors go into how to write, they first give background information as to why there is a need for standards-based report cards rather than traditional report cards.  


Grading Exceptional Learning




*This is a very helpful article that is a wonderful resource for teachers on how to grade students with disabilities and/or English Language Learners.  It provides five different steps/strategies.   What is also great about this article is that it provides different myths about grading exceptional students.


Here is the link to the article
 http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb10/vol67/num05/Grading-Exceptional-Learners.aspx