Hello #educators! Grading scales have always led to interesting conversations for me because of the obvious issues we run into with the 0-100 point scale (don’t get me started on the 50% minimum!) If you had your druthers, what would your grading scale policy be? Why choose this policy? #edusky - ThreadSky

dietrichucation.bsky.social • 99 days ago

Hello #educators!

Grading scales have always led to interesting conversations for me because of the obvious issues we run into with the 0-100 point scale (don’t get me started on the 50% minimum!)

If you had your druthers, what would your grading scale policy be? Why choose this policy?

#edusky

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dietrichucation.bsky.social•98 days ago

Another educator (on Threads) spoke about Standards Based Grading.

#edusky

jodym.bsky.social•99 days ago

Great question! Quebec used to have 1➡️5 descriptive grading scales with +/- for each # to match our competency based program.
1: requires lots of support
2: some support
3: meeting
4: exceeding
5: significantly exceeding

It was changed to enforced % grades because parents "couldn't understand"

dietrichucation.bsky.social•98 days ago

Thank you for your highly detailed response! By chance, do you have a sample (Google / Word document) that I could look at? I could send you my email address.

jodym.bsky.social•99 days ago

The problem is we still grade on competency development and are meant to choose a % that reflects competency. But % grades are easy to generate from a count of correct answers and % grades are easy to average together. Averaging results does not support communicating how a student is doing now.

jodym.bsky.social•99 days ago

So, my grading policy would be one that:
➡️supports learning, not penalizes kids (not a compliance tool to remove competency marks from a mastery kid who is disorganized and late or that down-grades eventual mastery by averaging a slow start)
...

jodym.bsky.social•99 days ago

➡️discourages % grades (rubric for a formative task needs to give feedback and show next steps to mastery, not assign a grade)
➡️communicates what parents need to know about progress.

jodym.bsky.social•99 days ago

Descriptive scale assigning an indicator of current competency development solves the 50% minimum. 1 (from 1- through 1 to 1+) can be a range corresponding to what was formerly considered 0% to 50% and it is clear that 1 (even at the 1+/ 50% end) means need significant help.

gderry.bsky.social•99 days ago

That is why I like the MYP descriptive scales with command terms that describe what students can do water than judge them #mypsky

jodym.bsky.social•99 days ago

We could get away from "giving" or "earning" grades with each assignment. Report on the current progress based on multiple samples of work. Kid doesn't hand in assignments, their competency is not zero, but it might be judged less than it is through lack of evidence to the contrary.

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