Chapter 9 Assess

Abstract:
Chapter nine dealt with the ten practices to avoid when grading. They spent a good amount of time convincing the reader to allow their students a retry on all of their work. They also feel that homework should not be graded, grades are for mastery only, and homework is practice. The text also emphasizes providing differentiation when needed and always assessing the students in the same content area that they are learning. It also cautions of allowing extra credit to influence a student's grade when they have not put the effort into demonstrating proficiency. Rules seven through ten deal with grades; not grading on curve, group grading, zeros, and non criterion based grading.

Reflection:
A part of chapter nine that stuck out to our group was number 7 on page 127. This was about not grading students as a group. This really stuck out to us because all of us have had experiences where we have been graded as a group and gotten an unfair grade. This happens so much in school that it makes some students even hate working in groups. Many students would rather work as individuals because at least they know that their grade will be their own.