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Fair Isn't Always Equal, 2nd Edition
Assessment and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom
Differentiated instruction is a nice idea, but what happens when it comes to assessing and grading students? What’s both fair and leads to real student learning? An internationally recognized expert on grading practices, Rick Wormeli first examined these questions 10 years ago in the first edition of Fair Isn’t Always Equal.
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Differentiated instruction is a nice idea, but what happens when it comes to assessing and grading students? What’s both fair and leads to real student learning? An internationally recognized expert on grading practices, Rick Wormeli first examined these questions 10 years ago in the first edition of Fair Isn’t Always Equal.
In this thoroughly updated second edition, Rick provides a catalyst for serious reflection on current grading and assessment practices in differentiated c...read more
Wormeli is bold. He is passionate, articulate, and relentless in his quest to make a case for differentiated education...this is a book to take chapter by chapter and use to assess your own assessment and grading practices—a book to commit to, with a community of colleagues, to discuss, to debate, to share with both teachers and administrators.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
SECTION I: DIFFERENTIATION AND MASTERY
Chapter 1 Fair to All: The Mind-Set for Differentiated Instruction
Chapter 2 Principled Assessment and Grading
Chapter 3 Mastery
SECTION II: ASSESSMENT
Chapter 4 Assessment: Begin with the End in Mind
Chapter 5 Descriptive Feedback and Student Self-Assessment
Chapter 6 Principles of Effective Assessment for the Differentiated Classroom
Chapter 7 Assessment Integral to Lesson Design
Chapter 8 Tiering Assessments
Chapter 9 Rubrics
Chapter 10 Creating Good Test Questions
SECTION III: GRADING
Chapter 11 The Relative Nature of Grades and Their Definitions
Chapter 12 Why Do We Grade, and What About Effort, Attendance, and Behavior?
Chapter 13 Honor Roll?
Chapter 14 It's Time to Stop Averaging
Chapter 15 Ten Grading Practices to Avoid
Chapter 16 Redos and Retakes
Chapter 17 Five Burning Grading Issues
Chapter 18 Grading Scales
Chapter 19 Gradebooks and Report Cards
Chapter 20 Putting It All Together: How Do Differentiating Teachers Assess and Grade Differently?
Glossary
Bibliography
Index