During the 2013-2014 school year, the Literacy and Curriculum Council at Southwest Middle School worked to develop grading practices that would help our students be successful in the 21st century classroom. Included below are the Grading Practices at Southwest Middle School along with some of the research and articles used to develop them.
Grading Practices at SWMS.pdf
Articles Used to Help Develop Grading Practices
Five Obstacles to Grading Reform
Grades That Show What Students Know
How Grading Reform Changed Our School
How I Broke My Own Rule and Learned to Give Retests
No Penalties for Practice
Redos and Retakes Done
Right Reporting
Student Learning
Starting the Conversation About
Grading
Taking the Grading Conversation Public
The Case Against Grades