Beyond the Grade

Refining Practices That Boost Student Achievement

Robert Lynn Canady, Carol E. Canady, Anne Meek

• Publisher: Solution Tree Press
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781943874057
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Teaching Methods

• Ascertain the school variables that can influence student motivation and enhance achievement, including absenteeism, early literacy education, and more.
• Explore the disadvantages of traditional grading practices and the advantages that come from the equity of implementing standards-based grading practices.
• Receive guidance on providing students with the extra time and help they require to meet their learning needs and build a growth mindset.
• Access a list of questions that can help bring focus to your discussions about grading practices and overcome opposition to the implementation of standards-based grading.
• Gain resources, including sample schedules, for implementing standards-based grading practices in elementary, middle, and high schools to engage students, foster a growth mindset, and promote learning.

Contents

Introduction

Part I: Assess Problems With Traditional Grading Practices

Chapter 1: Why It’s Time to Reassess

Chapter 2: Flawed Grading Practices and Policies

Chapter 3: Poverty Creates Variables That Affect Achievement

Part II: Implement Solutions to the Problems

Chapter 4: Improved Grading Practices and Policies

Chapter 5: Strategies That Effectively Address Poverty and Its Variables

Chapter 6: Rethinking Scheduling

Epilogue: The Power of a Teacher

References and Resources

Index

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• About the Authors
• Introduction
• Part I Assess Problems With Traditional Grading Practices
• Part II Implement Solutions to the Problems
• Epilogue: The Power of a Teacher
• References and Resources
• Index