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Wiggins, Alexis – Educational Leadership, 2022
A revision-based assessment system, driven by clear rubrics, can mean less stress, more effective feedback, and greater student learning. English teacher Alexis Wiggins shares an effective and time-friendly revision-based assessment system she developed that allows students to focus on learning, not their grade.
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grading, Feedback (Response), High School Teachers
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Finn, Chester E., Jr.; Kanstoroom, Marci – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2001
Standards-based reform has been America's premier education strategy for more than a decade. Its many backers seek stronger school and student performance and more equal opportunities for children, especially disadvantaged youngsters. Education is attracting more high-level attention and political energy than ever before. Yet standards-based…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Educational Change, Curriculum
Olson, George H. – 1989
The validity of grades given by secondary school teachers was studied. Two teacher-originated measures of performance and one independent standardized measure of achievement were examined. The teacher-originated grades were final examination grades (FINALs) and end of the semester marks (MARKs) for over 40 courses at all secondary levels. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis, Correlation