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Grading Resources
Teacher clarity is essential for effective classroom practices like assessment, feedback, and grading. Without it, students struggle to take ownership of their learning. Grades should provide meaningful feedback on progress. Guskey and Brookhart emphasize that clarity is crucial for evaluation; ambiguous measures lead to poor decisions (Guskey, 2024). Fendick (1990) and Titsworth et al. (2015) identify four components of teacher clarity: organization, explanation, examples and guided practice, and assessment. To implement this model, we introduce the Clarity of Grading Scoring Guide (CGSG) and Generative Learning Experiences Template. These tools help teachers and PLC teams create a progression of tasks for surface, deeper, and transfer learning while offering guidance for scoring and grading to accurately reflect student understanding and achievement.
CGSG Template & Purpose
Middle School PE 1
HS Social Studies Common And Positive Law
HS World Language
Middle School Math Example
CGSG - Earth & Space Science Unit
SDT Generative Learning Experiences Guide
PLC / CETeam Resources
CETeams Performance Rubric
7 Stages to building CETeams
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Preventing Student Failure By MEAEC-it-Happen Part 2!
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Failure Prevention in Grading Actions — Using the SI2TE Model
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