What do you think of teachers who allow kids to grade their own work?

[Anonymous]

My 7th grade daughter has a teacher who has the kids grade their own work, including quizzes and tests. I’m not sure how I feel about that. What are other people’s opinions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 7th grade daughter has a teacher who has the kids grade their own work, including quizzes and tests. I’m not sure how I feel about that. What are other people’s opinions?

Mixed. I think it promotes greater reflection on your own careless mistakes, ensures you notice your misunderstandings and think about why you got a problem wrong, but it also might create the temptation to change answers. If I were a teacher, I think I would digitally scan all the tests and quizzes so you have a copy of the initial (you can get a scanners that will run this through all at once) and let the kids know that so they don't have as much temptation. Most teachers I know who do this practice, have kids do it and then they double-check they did it accurately and scored properly.

[Anonymous]

I think it's a good teaching tool, but in that case the goal you're after is the process of reflection, the grade itself is more of a by-product than an outcome in itself. (Teachers don't usually do this for midterms and finals, they do it for smaller assessments along the way.)

[Anonymous]

Lazy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a good teaching tool, but in that case the goal you're after is the process of reflection, the grade itself is more of a by-product than an outcome in itself. (Teachers don't usually do this for midterms and finals, they do it for smaller assessments along the way.)

This. It's fine when the grade itself doesn't actually matter all that much. I've never heard of a teacher who let students grade their own midterms--more like things like pop quizzes or the the like.

[Anonymous]

I’ve done it for homework as a means of saving time and giving prompt feedback on work. I find that students are more likely to ask questions in real time if we go over things immediately. But even then, I saw a lot of students reaching for erasers (grade was for completion, showing work only). I wouldn’t have students grade their own quizzes and tests without a back-up copy of the work. Maybe I’d be ok with students scoring each other’s work. Even then, I find that distractible children mark things in error all the time —both correct and incorrect answers. It’s possible, however, that this teacher has developed assessments, grading policies, and a classroom culture that minimize the possible negative outcomes. Though I’m skeptical, I’d be willing to hear him or her out.

[Anonymous]

I sometimes have students self-assess using the same rubric that I later use to assign the grade.

[Anonymous]

Work smarter, not harder. My teachers had us switch papers to grade tests and quizzes. That isn’t allowed anymore so why not? If my teacher saw a pencil anywonear the test while we were grading it, we would get a zero. We could only use a red pen. Kids need to learn from their mistakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Work smarter, not harder. My teachers had us switch papers to grade tests and quizzes. That isn’t allowed anymore so why not? If my teacher saw a pencil anywonear the test while we were grading it, we would get a zero. We could only use a red pen. Kids need to learn from their mistakes.

Yes, but the OP is talking about kids grading their own work. I think that’s more acceptable than grading work of others.

[Anonymous]

Terrible. Beyond lazy. It’s speaks to indifference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Terrible. Beyond lazy. It’s speaks to indifference.

+1

[Anonymous]

I remember finding this to be an effective tool in school. And it’s literally how I taught myself the LSAT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Work smarter, not harder. My teachers had us switch papers to grade tests and quizzes. That isn’t allowed anymore so why not? If my teacher saw a pencil anywonear the test while we were grading it, we would get a zero. We could only use a red pen. Kids need to learn from their mistakes.

Yes, but the OP is talking about kids grading their own work. I think that’s more acceptable than grading work of others.

Is that still even allowed under FERPA?

It was routine when I was a kid. I have a powerful memory of a boy in my 6th grade class who managed to get a negative--less than zero--score on a test and could tell he was trying to hide his crying. (Even worse, about 15 years after h.s. I heard he committed suicide)

[Anonymous]

Grading their own tests and quizzes doesn’t make any sense. Grading their own classwork is done frequently. It’s more so teachers can provide immediate feedback to an entire class, take questions and the grades are not counted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Work smarter, not harder. My teachers had us switch papers to grade tests and quizzes. That isn’t allowed anymore so why not? If my teacher saw a pencil anywonear the test while we were grading it, we would get a zero. We could only use a red pen. Kids need to learn from their mistakes.

Yes, but the OP is talking about kids grading their own work. I think that’s more acceptable than grading work of others.

I wrote that students are no longer allowed to grade other students' work so why not have students grade their own.