Term
Spring 5-7-2015
Capstone
Thesis
Degree Name
MALED
Primary Advisor/Dissertation Chair
Terry Gluek
Secondary Advisor/Reader One
Lynn Lurvey
Peer-Reviewer/Reader Two
Karen Eidem
Abstract
Properly and fairly assessing student work is an important and timely job. This paper will document the background of traditional grading, along with how standards-‐based grading benefits teachers, students, and parents. Key pieces of learning around this pertinent topic of assessment come from the current work of Guskey, as well as Wormeli and Reeves. It will also address barriers to standards-‐ based grading, and what professionals can do to implement this grading system into schools and classrooms, and cover how standards-‐based grading can be implemented into an English Language Arts classroom in order to give more accurate feedback of student achievement. Tools created by the author include a PowerPoint for parents, a brochure outlining how standards-‐based grading works, as well as student-‐friendly resources such as posters and rubrics.
Keywords
Assessment, Grades/ Student Performance, Literacy, Teachers/ Teaching
Recommended Citation
Kolbinger, Taunya, "How Can Standards-Based Grading be Implemented into an English Language Arts Classroom in Order to Give More Accurate Feedback of Student Achievement" (2015). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations. 124.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_all/124