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Ditching Traditional Grades & My Online Gradebook

Catlin Tucker

Last year, I began experimenting with standards-based grading and wrote a blog titled “ Grading for Mastery and Redesigning My Gradebook. This summer I read Starr Stackstein’s book Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School.

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Want a stronger workforce? Make reading initiatives multigenerational

eSchool News

Since 2013, according to an analysis , policymakers in 37 states have passed laws or implemented new policies related to reading instruction and stakeholders from scholars and journalists to teachers and parent coalitions have weighed in.

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What students are reading

eSchool News

While that resolution was a complete failure (I still have unread books on my shelf), it reignited my love of reading. While that resolution was a complete failure (I still have unread books on my shelf), it reignited my love of reading. Each year, I document my #BritReads reading journey on my social media channels.

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The dangers of attempting to ‘Instant Pot’ educational progress

eSchool News

In 2024, both Oklahoma and Wisconsin lowered what it means for students to be proficient in grade-level content. Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina are rolling back high school math or English requirements. Now, they have proposed eliminating an Algebra II requirement.

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When embracing the ‘science of reading,’ we can’t leave out older students

eSchool News

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the science of reading for older students. And those who didn’t?

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My Journey in Alternative Grading: From Curiosity to Clarity

Faculty Focus

I read Susan Blums Ungrading as a first-year graduate student and was immediately smitten. I failed to appreciate the value of clear expectations and the inescapable necessity that my students needed to walk out of my class with a grade. Now, as a fifth-year graduate student approaching completion of my degree, I use contract grading.

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Why we love our reading software

eSchool News

It’s no secret that strong reading skills are part of the foundation of students’ academic success. Without a solid reading foundation, students are more likely to perform poorly or drop out of school. Reading programs. years of growth in approximately seven months as measured on the Qualitative Reading Inventory.”.

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