| The following books and articles are a sampling of the resources we used to inform ourselves about preferred teaching practice. Excerpts from them provided core materials for our year of monthly professional development sessions with middle school teachers and principals.
Books
Guskey, Thomas. Developing Grading and Reporting Systems for Student Learning (2000), Practical Solutions for Serious Problems in Standards-based Report Cards (2008) and Developing Standards-based Report Cards (2009)
Marzano, Robert. Transforming Classroom Grading (2000), Grading and Assessment Practices That Work (2006) and Formative Assessment and Standards-based Grading: Classroom Strategies That Work (2009)
O’Connor, Ken. How to Grade For Learning (2009) and A Repair Kit for Grading: Fifteen Fixes for Broken Grades (2010)
Reeves, Douglas. Elements of Effective Grading (2010)
Stiggins, Rick. Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Doing It Right-Using It Well (2009)
Wormeli, Rick. Fair is not Always Equal (2006)
Articles
(The links will take you to the websites where you can view abstracts. Viewing the articles in entirety generally requires establishing a guest account or paid registration. Printed copies are available by request: leslie_lauretano@sumnersd.org)
Chappuis, Jan. “Helping Students Understand Assessment.” Educational Leadership November, 2005.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov05/vol63/num03/Helping-Students-Understand-Assessment.aspx
Clymer, Jacqueline B., and Dylan Wiliam. “Improving the way we grade science.” Educational Leadership. December 2006 / January 2007.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec06/vol64/num04/Improving-the-Way-We-Grade-Science.aspx
O’Connor, Ken. “Reforming Grading Practices in Secondary Schools.” Principal’s Research Review. Vol 4, issue 1, January 2009.
http://www.nassp.org/KnowledgeCenter/Publications/PrincipalsResearchReview/PrincipalsResearchReview2009.aspx
Reeves, Doug. “Effective Grading.” Educational Leadership, February 2008. http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb08/vol65/num05/Effective-Grading-Practices.aspx
Scriffiny, Patricia. “Seven Reasons for Standards-based Grading.” Educational Leadership, October 2008. http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/oct08/vol66/num02/Seven_Reasons_for_Standards-Based_Grading.aspx
Stiggins, Rick. “Assessment Through The Student’s Eyes.” Educational Leadership, May 2007. http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may07/vol64/num08/Assessment-Through-the-Student's-Eyes.aspx
Winger, Tony. “Grading to Communicate.” Educational Leadership, November 2005. http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov05/vol63/num03/Grading-to-Communicate.aspx
 Reading List
Standards-Based Grading and Reporting Committee
Vision Statement
We envision a student-friendly report card with clearly defined grade mark criteria that bridges elementary and high school grading formats. The report card will provide meaningful feedback so students can track their progress toward mastery, reflect on their strengths and weaknesses, and identify next steps for learning.
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