Rick Wormeli ConferenceDecember 14 & 15, 2010

Fair Is Not Always Equal

Topics of Discussion

• Optimal Learning Zone • Re-dos 

o What I need to know?o Where am I in the process?

 • Process and Standards-Based Grading

o Conflict or Harmony? • Alternative Assessment

o Multiple layers of understanding

 

 

Re-dos: Do we do them?

Re-dos: Do we do them?• Standards-based curriculum almost

demands that students think about: oWhat do I need to know?oWhere am I in the process?

 • A, B, C, NTY

 • How it affects me:

o Robino Lizo Melissa

• BREAKOUT: What do you think? Where do you stand?

Process & Standards-Based Grading

Process & Standards-Based Grading

• Conflict or Harmony? • Hidden Curriculum vs. Real Curriculum

o Can process falsify grades?

• How it has affected uso  Lizo Performance vs. Process in practiceo Rodney

                Perception of student process post-conference                History rubric changes

Process & Standards-Based Grading

Breakout Session: Please note, these prompts come from us, not the administration team. They are just "food for thought"

1. How much should process affect term grades?2. How do we document process?  Or, how do you arrive at a process grade?3. Are process grades more important for student learning or classroom management?4. Will classroom management become a problem if students aren't graded on focus, punctuality, or participation?

Alternative Assessment: Formative & Summative• Standards test multiple layers of learning within one

assessment • Formative assessment with descriptive feedback

o What was goalo Where are you in relation to ito How are we going to close that gap

• Summative assessmento post-learning

• Some ways to get at thiso Explain your choice in multiple choice questionso Error Analysiso Justify a statement