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New blog post: How many levels of learning should our school or district use? [standards-based grading]
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New blog post: If work habits are important enough to be reported, they are important enough to be formally taught and assessed—even when they are not included in the academic grade.
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As 2025 comes to an end, it’s a perfect moment to look back and explore the most noteworthy literature published over the past year that aligns with standards-based grading ideas.
What articles would you add to this list? #sblchat #grading
mctownsley.net/top-5-standa...
It looks like @jonbecker.bsky.social has a few thoughts on this piece as well.
In this paper, we propose that standards-based grading is also a method to support emotional socialization and SEL skill development.
As schools are tasked with continuous improvement through systemic reform, school personnel can feel overwhelmed by the number of initiatives. In this article, we discuss how two common initiatives, implementation of SBG and SEL instruction, are connected.
Published in the primary international destination for research on the science, practice, and policy in the field of SEL, our paper draw parallels between CASEL’s five core competencies of SEL and the guiding principles of standards-based grading.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A comprehensive list of standards-based grading books.
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Yes and yes
Congrats!
Tell me more.
Yeah, impressive for ref to be in position and to make the correct call.
Drawing upon school and district experiences, our book identifies common barriers and provides strategies to prevent, contain, and overcome the “fires” that can derail grading reform efforts.
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What is your initial take on the H interface compared to YTTV?
Action research tonight, no IRB, so not going to publish these results.
Longest streak so far is three kids skipping over the trinket and choosing candy.
Every time a new group of kids comes I put exactly one of these plastic trinkets in there. It’s an experiment to see if a kid will grab a piece of candy or the trinket. #Halloween
Looking sharp, Dr. Becker.
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📢 Our 3rd annual conference is designed for administrators, teacher leaders, and building/district leadership teams who are getting started with or taking their next step with grading reform.
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Fayette famous for being the only (?) town with a college but not a high school! Jeopardy prompt, if I recall correctly.
Given that KF’s Hawks have won more conference games than the Badgers since (at least) 2021….
Guessing a few Badger fans wished their team had KF-like consistency right about now. 😂
What if grading reformers and their critics both want the same thing?
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
ABD from Morgan State, but looks like a doctoral degree may have been from an online for-profit university later.
www.kcci.com/article/ian-...
As it turns out, there was, and the board did not know.
www.dmschools.org/2025/09/anno...
This has been a story like none other.
As of today, the Des Moines School Board says they have been a “victim of deception”
Agree
