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Beyond the Grade (Refining Practices That Boost Student Achievement)
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Overview
The current grading system doesn’t provide equal opportunity for low-income students and that leads to grade inflation, high dropout rates, productivity loss, and more.
To help all students succeed, and promote equity in learning, vast changes in grading policies and scheduling are needed. In this research-based resource, the authors examine why current grading practices are ineffective for fostering a growth mindset, including the effect poverty has on student achievement. Beyond the Grade present an evidence-based case for switching to an equitable, standards-based grading system that improves student achievement for diverse student populations.
Use this book as a schoolwide study guide to ensure all staff fully understand the school variables that can influence student motivation and enhance achievement for all learners.
Benefits
- Ascertain the school variables that can influence student motivation and enhance achievement, including absenteeism, early literacy education, and more.
- Explore the disadvantages of traditional grading practices and the advantages that come from the equity of implementing standards-based grading practices.
- Receive guidance on providing students with the extra time and help they require to meet their learning needs and build a growth mindset.
- Access a list of questions that can help bring focus to your discussions about grading practices and overcome opposition to the implementation of standards-based grading.
- Gain resources, including sample schedules, for implementing standards-based grading practices in elementary, middle, and high schools to engage students, foster a growth mindset, and promote learning.
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Assess Problems in Traditional Grading Practices
Chapter 1: Why It’s Time to Reassess
Chapter 2: Flawed Grading Practices and Policies
Chapter 3: Poverty Creates Variables That Affect Achievement
Part II: Solutions to the Problems
Chapter 4: Improved Grading Practices and Policies
Chapter 5: Strategies That Effectively Address Poverty and Its Variables
Chapter 6: Rethinking Scheduling
Epilogue: The Power of a Teacher
