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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our skills based grading sucked. Content quizzes and tests and long homework packets counted as nothing. However, after my kid worked their butt off on the science project, they were graded harshly on presentation skills for looking at notecards during final presentation. Teacher seemed to purposely give kids high grades that she wanted to lift up and lower kids that she felt were unworthy of an A in the class. [/quote]

[b]This is the big issue with SBG, it is so easy to social engineer equitable grading.[/b] Surprised it isn’t in place county wide in FCPS.

Perhaps the next thing the school board does post boundary study.  [/quote]

It’s only easy to do so, if rubrics and exemplars are not used. SBG is supposed to include both. They make it clear to students and parents how the teacher will evaluate the student.

I teach in a different district and I’ve wanted us to switch to SBG for the past five years because I see students who don’t master the objectives passing based on other parts of the assignment that are really just fluff but make up 75% of the points.[/quote]

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