Grading Smarter, Not Harder: Assessment Strategies That Motivate Kids and Help Them Learn

by Dueck Myron and Myron Dueck

Book Overview

All the talk of closing the achievement gap in schools obscures a more fundamental issue: do the grades we assign to students truly reflect the extent of their learning? In this lively and eye-opening book, educator Myron Dueck reveals how many of the assessment policies that teachers adopt can actually prove detrimental to student motivation and achievement and shows how we can tailor policies to address what really matters: student understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416618902
• ISBN13: 9781416618904
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.9" x 9.8"