https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu How can we move our grading/assessment practices and school policies toward a growth mindset? en-us 2018-02-07 14:35:12 UTC 2025-10-23 09:14:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/229206444 We need to have frequent  conversations with students about the importance of  improving the quality of their work. That it is not all about the grade.

]]> 2018-02-07 17:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/229206444 ahinze https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/229588570 This question stems back to our previous conversations about what are we truly measuring.... is it the final product or the process? When we shift our thinking of how we grade, I feel it will shift students view of what success looks like within our classrooms.

]]> 2018-02-08 14:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/229588570 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/229891821 I think we need to tweak the middle school handbook to see that our policies are aligned with the idea of growth mindset. ]]> 2018-02-09 03:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/229891821 lgrubisic https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/230287680 I think moving to a standards-based report card would help our school take on a growth mindset. One letter grade on a report card does not show where a student truly is at in our classroom. Teachers and parents (and students) need to remember that students are continually growing in multiple areas within one class.  School is about learning and constantly improving.  Hopefully, when students are "done" with school, they will understand their role as lifelong learners has only just begun.]]> 2018-02-10 17:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/230287680 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/230310616 We can maybe modify our grading by using daily or frequent grading as effort grades and average it into a grade. We could weigh daily work higher than tests. We could mark the correct answers rather than the incorrect answers. ]]> 2018-02-10 22:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/230310616 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/230654313 I think we have moved in the right direction with the use of "Learning Tasks."  Perhaps this can be tweaked  by adding "perseverance, or grit." 

 Utilizing "Habits of Mind" rubrics would also be a good thing.  These scores should maybe be placed into the grade book as a formative score.

There is always that line between growth mindset and the standards which leaves a lot more questions to discuss.]]> 2018-02-12 15:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/230654313 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231026264 I think this is where we need to start shifting our grading practices to align more with a growth mindset as a school. I think we have started to approach this through our work habit grades and the formative/summative grade categories. I think we need to continue to look at what we're assessing and making sure we are giving students ample opportunity and choice (where it is applicable) to show their thinking. Right now, it seems more about the "final product" or grade. 

]]> 2018-02-13 13:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231026264 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231354911 2018-02-14 02:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231354911 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231521030 2018-02-14 15:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231521030 ctrott https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231539555 I think that modifying our grading practices and moving toward standards-based grading would help our school embrace the growth mindset. Instead of showing the student is "failing" a certain subject area, they would see that they have not yet met the expectations of certain standards or concepts in that particular area
. I feel that this would lead to fewer shut-down and "why bother" mindsets and create a shift towards the mindsets of lifelong learners and continuous improvement. ]]> 2018-02-14 15:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231539555 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231549405 Standards based grading starts with the question - "what do we want students to know and be able to do (skills and concepts)?" Then, "what does proficiency look like". From there, it is providing multiple modalities for students to demonstrate their understanding of the learning target/standard and not a 1 format fits all approach. ]]> 2018-02-14 15:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231549405 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231565198 I do think that moving towards the standards based grading would help students see what they know and what they don't know quite yet. My fear with the standards based is that parents and students would correlate the 1, 2, 3, 4 with D, C, B, A. I would want to go to a 1, 2, 3 rating scale to prohibit that.]]> 2018-02-14 16:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231565198 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231572374 I love the idea of moving toward standards based report cards. . I think we will have to dig deeply into the questions of what proficiency looks like. I do not think the 1,2 3, 4 would be as much as an obstacle for us because out Elementary already has this in place and has for at least four years so all of our parents have an understanding.]]> 2018-02-14 16:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231572374 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231609267 Move towards Standards based gradingand continuing the option of students redoing tests and finishing late assignments. As a staff, really thinking about what we are assessing and how we can have students improve in their understanding of material vs just getting the grade!]]> 2018-02-14 17:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231609267 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231646668 2018-02-14 18:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231646668 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231702724 Perhaps our Academic Resource time with students next school year could focus on the topic of Growth Mindset.  Has anyone ever heard of the MindUp Curriculum?  It was recommended in the Mindsets in the Classroom book.]]> 2018-02-14 20:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231702724 https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231711668 Focusing on student improvement and growth would be a start, while working on transitioning toward standards-based grading.]]> 2018-02-14 20:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jmoyer6/warb418uywdu/wish/231711668