Constructing Standards-Based Rubrics in the Secondary ELA Classroom
My Instruction and Assessment Philosophy Over the past couple years, I have been reading into standards-based grading and “healthy” grading practices. Along with a variety of blog posts, @TG2Chat/#tg2chat and the #sblchat community, the following resources have assisted me in developing my standards-based assessment (and, in turn, instruction) philosophy: · Grading from the Inside Out by Tom Schimmer ( @TomSchimmer ) · On Your Mark by Thomas R. Guskey ( @tguskey ) · Assessment 3.0 by Mark Barnes ( @markbarnes19 ) · Standards-Based Learning in Action by Tom Schimmer ( @TomSchimmer ), Garnet Hillman ( @garnet_hillman ), and Mandy Stalets ( @MandyStalets ) I believe that students must seek learning, not points, and that their grade in my course should be a reflection on that learning. To that end, I allow students to reassess to show mastery, and my workshop approach allows me to coach individual students as they work. I am still