Get Set, Go!: Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems (an Action Plan for Leading Lasting Grading Reform in Changing Classrooms)

Make school a better experience for students by ensuring grading and reporting practices are honest, accurate, meaningful, and fair. A companion to the best-selling and award-winning On Your Mark, this practical guide details how to successfully lead lasting grading reform. Dr. Thomas R. Guskey simplifies the transition by guiding educators through six essential steps--from developing a coalition devoted to change to creating a systematic plan.

Use this resource to develop a new system of grading in your school or district:

• Become familiar with the process of implementing a rigorous new system of reporting that aligns with the goals of standards-based grading.
• Acquire numerous tools and strategies that will assist in the process of implementing a new grading system.
• Study the six steps that are essential to any successful attempt to reform grading, as well as how to succeed in each.
• Learn how to form a change action plan that covers the entire system of implementation and improves the student experience.

Contents:
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: Learn From Failures
Chapter 2: Form a Coalition for Change
Chapter 3: Understand the Change Process
Chapter 4: Clarify the Purpose of Grading and Reporting
Chapter 5: Report Multiple Grades for Cognitive Outcomes
Chapter 6: Report Multiple Grades for Noncognitive Outcomes
Chapter 7: Get Assessment Policies and Practices Right
Chapter 8: Develop a Systematic Plan for Implementation
References and Resources
Index

Thomas R. Guskey, PhD, is senior research scholar at the University of Louisville and professor emeritus in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky, where he served as department chair, head of the Educational Psychology Area Committee, and president of the Faculty Council. He has been a visiting professor at ten other universities in the United States and a visiting scholar at universities in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

Dr. Guskey began his career in education as a middle school teacher and earned his doctorate at the University of Chicago under the direction of professor Benjamin S. Bloom. He served as an administrator in Chicago Public Schools before becoming the first director of the Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning, a national research center.