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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The difference I’m seeing from last year and this one is that previously students could earn a 10 or 20 percent grade bump from doing the homework- now, the homework, quizzes, and other assignments such as labs don’t count. Also there was the opportunity for retakes on tests/assessments. That is gone. So all the pressure is on the one assessment, which are somehow broken down into 5 grading skills. This is resulting in pressure to be perfect on that one day of testing. Overall it is more difficult to get an A than it was before. Madison thinks it is the leader and at the forefront of grading - but those on the outside don’t know how flawed the system is. [/quote]

But there's NOT just one chance to be assessed on a skill!  That is the core of SBG!  It's all about giving kids multiple opportunities to show what they know, and not penalize them if they didn't master the skill in October, but they figured it out by December.  That's the essence of SBG...as long as you show the skill at some point before the end of the year...after multiple graded opportunities to show mastery, you won't be penalized for not understanding it faster.  It's meant to take the "timing" element out of grades.

Does it matter if Suzy understood quadratic equations 5 on the first test opportunity,  and Bob took a little longer, but still understood it fully sometime during the course?    SBG policies say that the timing of mastery doesn't matter if both end up at the same place in the end.  [/quote]

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