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fixes for practices that distort achievement |
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Fix 1: Don't include student behavior in grades... .
Fix 2: Don't reduce marks on work submitted late ... .
Fix 3: Don't give points for extra credit ... .
Fix 4: Don't punish academic dishonesty with reduced grades ...
Fix 5: Don't consider attendance in grade determination ...
Fix 6: Don't include group scores in grades ... . |
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Don't include student behaviors (effort, participation, adherence to class rules, etc.) in grades; include only achievement. |
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Don't reduce marks on "work" submitted late; provide support for the learner. |
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Don't give points for extra credit or use bonus points; seek only evidence that more work has resulted in a higher level of achievement. |
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Don't punish academic dishonesty with reduced grades; apply other consequences and reassess to determine actual level of achievement. |
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Don't consider attendance in grade determination; report absences separately. |
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Don't include group scores in grades; use only individual achievement evidence. |
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fixes for low-quality or poorly organized evidence |
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Fix 7: Don't organize information in grading records by assessment methods or simply summarize into a single grade; organize and report evidence by standards/learning goals.
Fix 8: Don't assign grades using inappropriate or unclear performance standards; provide clear descriptions of achievement expectations.
Fix 9: Don't assign grades based on a student's achievement compared to other students; compare each student's performance to preset standards.
Fix 10: Don't rely on evidence gathered using assessments that fail to meet standards of quality; rely only on quality assessments. |
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Don't organize information in grading records by assessment methods or simply summarize into a single grade; organize and report evidence by standards/learning goals. |
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Don't assign grades using inappropriate or unclear performance standards; provide clear descriptions of achievement expectations. |
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Don't assign grades based on a student's achievement compared to other students; compare each student's performance to preset standards. |
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Don't rely on evidence gather using assessments that fail to meet standards of quality; rely only on quality assessments. |
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Mrs. Bruning observes several boys simply stuffing handouts into their backpacks. Based on her observation, she says, “Boys stuff handouts into their backpacks.” Mrs. Bruning has just made a(n) ______________________________ about the behavior of boys. |
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We proved that if overlapping segments have the same measure, then their non-overlapping parts have the same measure. So the underlined statement is a(n) ______________________________. |
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When you use deductive reasoning to write an argument that a statement is true, we call that argument a(n) ____________________. |
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Two rays start at the same point, and then head off in different--but not necessarily opposite--directions, they form a(n) ______________________________. |
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Segment SG and segment MT lie on the same line. So we can use the word ____________________ to describe them.
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The triangle and pentagon shown below both lie in the plane defined by the screen you are viewing. We would describe them as being ________________________________________. [image] |
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In the figure below, D lies in the ______________________________ of angle BAC .
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If you draw a segment from a point on one side of an angle to a point on the other side of the angle, the segment will pass through the angle’s ______________________________. |
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Points W, O, R and M all lie on the same line. The part of that line that starts at W and ends at R would be called a(n) ______________________________. |
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“________________________________________” is the word or phrase we use to refer to the part of the line pictured below that starts at point D and continues forever in the direction of point E. [image] |
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An angle is defined by rays AC and AT. We call A the ______________________________ of the angle. Meow! |
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A statement that is so basic that we can all agree that it is true without proof
is known as a(n) ______________________________. |
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