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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Usually called “standards based grading”, and no, it isn’t supposed to combat inflation, it’s supposed to give students a clearer picture of what they know/where they need help so they can better focus their efforts.

The issue is it takes 7593735392x as much organization on the part of the teacher to do it well, and if it’s only halfway implemented (so that unlimited retakes don’t materialize) it is hard to see the benefits of it.

Personally, as a high school math teacher I’m dreading this mandate coming down the pipeline because the logistics are a total nightmare.[/quote]

Standards based is actually different than skills based.  Standards are tied to specific content students should master and skills based is more performance based.  For instance, in science, it might be graphing, concept explanation, calculations, predicting outcomes, scientific design.  All skills can be assed through the lens of different content.

I too have heard that either standards or skills based grading is coming (I have heard both).  Some schools are having success with it at the high school level but it is an enormous amount of work for teachers to re-work every type of assessment they have ever given-it will be like starting from scratch.[/quote]

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