Greeneville Discussion Questions

[Scott Habeeb]

1. What's the Final Grade?
   You are seeing projected on the screen a collection of scored assignments.  Your job is to determine the student's final grade based on these scores.  You have complete freedom to determine how best to do that. You will choose a letter grade by visiting the following survey: 
   
   What's the Final Grade?
   
   
   
2. What does a grade represent? 
   (Answer this discussion question by typing in the "Reply to This" box at the bottom of this Forum.)
   When a student gets an A, or a B, or a C, or a D, or an F as a final grade on a report card or on a transcript, what does that mean?  And what should go into that grade - what should it be comprised of so that it means what you want it to mean? 
    
3. Ideas for Leading an Assessment Journey
   
   Introduction to AFL:
   http://salemafl.ning.com/profiles/blogs/afl-article-in-virginia
   
   Discussion Starters for Faculty Meetings: 
   http://salemafl.ning.com/profiles/blogs/interactive-afl-faculty
   
   Trying and Failing, a key component of learning:
   http://salemafl.ning.com/profiles/blogs/afl-art-class-and-failure
   
   A Better Way to Review:
   http://salemafl.ning.com/profiles/blogs/an-afl-review-strategy-that
   
   Pick a Strategy and Try It Out:
   http://salemafl.ning.com/profiles/blogs/practical-examples-of-afl-to
   
   Take an Assessment "Course":
   http://salemafl.ning.com/group/scs-personalized-pd-module

[Beverly Miller]

A student's grade should represent the level of mastery/competency achieved.

[Jeff Moorhouse]

a grade should reflect what a kid should know and be able to do

[Noelle Smith]

A grade should reflect mastery. The grade is fluid not fixed. It's about learning not gotchas. 

[Dale Landers]

Grading should represent the learning and growth. 

[Janet Ricker]

A grade should truly reflect where students are in mastery of content.

[Melanie Williams]

A grade should represent students' mastery of standards.

[Jack Ronald Evans]

Mastery of the material with an opportunity to improve with perseverance.

[Shelia Newland]

The grade should represent mastery of the learning.

[Suzanne Bryant]

Grade should reflect mastery of content. Should not be defined by time. If they learn the content by the end of the course, this should be reflected in grading.