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Rick Wormeli: How Much Should Homework Count?

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Many in the education field today are looking for evidence to support the case for homework, but are coming up empty handed.

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Author of The Homework Myth, Alfie Kohn argues that homework may not be good for kids after all. Kohn explains the value of after school time for play. He also talks abou

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Rethinking Rubrics: An interview with Maja Wilson

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Barry Lane interviews Maja Wilson, author of Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment. She describes how her frustration with writing rubrics lead to her study of their history and new understandings on how to assess student writing. Maja's book Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment is published by Heinemann.

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The district is moving forward on voter-approved projects, all designed to support our students and our community. As we don't receive bond funds all at once, projects have been phased according to immediate need and project costs. The first projects include a new elementary school in Tehaleh and a new Performing Arts Center at Bonney Lake High School.

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Rick Wormeli: Redos, Retakes, and Do-Overs, Part One

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Solution Tree: Douglas Reeves on Elements of Grading

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Visit us at http://www.solution-tree.com Presenter and author Douglas Reeves discusses various elements of grading and the importance of accurate, fair and timely feedback for both students and teachers. Reeves also says that grading can either make or break an organization.

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Solution Tree: Ken O'Connor on Grading Effectively

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Why assign homework?

Homework is practice of a skill, and serves as much-needed repetition and review. HOWEVER, homework should NOT be assigned unless the student is able to do it on his own (thus the concept has been taught REALLY well).

Why grade homework?

If you're grading homework for accuracy and including scores in the gradebook, it's an assessment grade. If it's an assessment grade, how accurate is it? Did the student cheat, copy from someone else, not do it at all, get help from a parent, or did the parent do the work? If the student truly did the work on his own, shouldn't she be allowed to make and learn from mistakes on practice without penalty? So, why grade homework for accuracy?

If you're grading homework for effort, for example, "done or not done," then you're grading for behavior and not achievement. Effort and participation grades distort achievement. They don't accurately reflect what a student knows and is able to do. So, why grade homework for effort?

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Quality Assessments

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Achievement Indicators

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Standards-Based Grading

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Fixes for Low-Quality or Poorly Organized Evidence

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Fixes for Low-Quality or Poorly Organized Evidence

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Group Work

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Attendance

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Cheating

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Extra Credit

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Late Work

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Behavior

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Fixes for Practices that Distort Achievement

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Fixes for Practices that Distort Achievement