Our Collective Why by Vernon Walton https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks en-us 2022-02-11 20:25:17 UTC 2022-03-21 23:31:22 UTC hello@padlet.com andrewlee14 https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106292191 Grading for Equity means undoing the damage done by traditional grading and assessment and re-centering our assessment systems on learning and growth.]]> 2022-03-21 23:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106292191 assess skills, knowledge and thinking in a way that helps students be aware of their own development and growth mdieter4 https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106292921 2022-03-21 23:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106292921 andrewlee14 https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106293410 It's important because the damage done by traditional grading systems is unevenly distributed, particularly harming students who are already underserved - when we fix our assessment systems, we increase the equity in our systems.]]> 2022-03-21 23:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106293410 https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106293522 I think it means taking out as many biases as possible in an inherently biased system. It means being pro-active and hyper-aware about what goes into our grades and how they're determined]]> 2022-03-21 23:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106293522 the same a standards based grading, consistency across grade levels or subject matters , includes choice, for students mdieter4 https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106294155 2022-03-21 23:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106294155 Focus more on mastering of the curriculum, not so much on scores https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106295210 2022-03-21 23:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106295210 https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106295214 It's important to decrease the biases in our system that typically work against those students who struggle the most in our system.]]> 2022-03-21 23:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106295214 same class, different teachers, assessed very similarly mdieter4 https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106295753 2022-03-21 23:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106295753 students are aware of their own growth mdieter4 https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106296029 2022-03-21 23:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106296029 providing students with multiple pathways to demonstrate learning and be successful https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106297514 2022-03-21 23:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106297514 Change the mentality and the culture around grading https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106298015 2022-03-21 23:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106298015 our system sorts students in harmful ways, ties to time based learning, cuts off growth https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106299760 2022-03-21 23:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106299760 grading based on knowledge of content or subject not just performance in class https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106300360 2022-03-21 23:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106300360 It's a matter of life and death. https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106300566 2022-03-21 23:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106300566 Changing the paradigm of the industrial model of education to better fit the modern era. https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106301194 2022-03-21 23:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106301194 honest evaluation of how students are doing https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106301363 2022-03-21 23:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/vwalton7/Bookmarks/wish/2106301363