{"id":2749,"date":"2013-05-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/put-on-your-creative-hat-when-thinking-about-proficiency-based-grading\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:50:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:50:16","slug":"put-on-your-creative-hat-when-thinking-about-proficiency-based-grading","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/put-on-your-creative-hat-when-thinking-about-proficiency-based-grading\/","title":{"rendered":"Put On Your Creative Hat When Thinking About Proficiency-Based Grading"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every day there seems to be one more webinar on grading. This is great that more information supporting competency education is becoming available. However, my concern is that they are not contextualized within a school culture or school-wide reform.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week in a conversation, Rich DeLorenzo pointed that if one teacher uses proficiency-based grading and the teacher down the hall doesn\u2019t, students, and possibly parents as well, are going to feel a real tension. One of the reasons is that in proficiency-based models we are willing to have the hard conversations \u201cI know Bobby is in 4th<\/sup> grade but he still is reading at 2nd<\/sup> grade level\u201d.\u00a0 That conversation isn\u2019t likely to come up in traditional grading as long as Bobby does his homework, attends school regularly, and demonstrates \u201cgood\u201d behavior in\u00a0 class.\u00a0 DeLorenzo emphasized \u201cWhen we eliminate the bell curve we change the goal of education and the pedagogy.”\u00a0 Is the principal ready to support both kinds of educational models — one focused on making sure that students learn and the other that student do what is expected by the teacher?<\/p>\n

When we eliminate the bell curve we change the goal of education and the pedagogy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Grading, as it is so deeply related to assessment, is going to be one of the big things to change in a school.\u00a0 However, it needs to be part of a school-wide change.\u00a0\u00a0 Grading isn\u2019t a stand-alone practice \u2013 personalized classroom management strategies, student voice and choice, adaptive instruction, and transparency are all parts of\u00a0 redesigning core operations of schools.<\/p>\n

So tune in — but put your best analytic and creative hat on while you are listening. If you want to do move foward on proficiency-based grading, ask yourself what are the other changes that are going to need to happen in your school?<\/p>\n

Webinars on Grading Past and Present<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today<\/em><\/span> — Proficiency Scales for the Common Core<\/strong>, Marzano Research Laboratory, May 23, 2013 | 4:00 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

Wednesday, May 29, 2013: League of Innovative School Webinar on Proficiency-Based Learning Simplified: Best Practices in Grading and Reporting\u00a0<\/strong> | 3:00\u20134:00 PM EST. Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thursday, May 30, 2013: Standards-Based Grading and Assessing Student Mastery of Content<\/b>. REL-NEI\u2019s Northeast College and Career Readiness Research Alliance hosts this Bridge Webinar with\u00a0Dr. Thomas Guskey to explore emergent research on proficiency-based leraning and graduation requirements, a new approach to assessing student learning and reporting on student progress.|\u00a0 12:30\u20132:00 p.m. ET Register here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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