Assess Chapter 11

Tyler Duran 8 Nov 2007
Ryan Michaud
Rebecca McIntire
Samantha Brissette
Fair Isn’t Always Equal Ch. 11


Abstract:
Chapter eleven in the text focused on six issues that often arise with grading. First up is the debate between recording a zero or a sixty in the grade book. They argue that a zero only dilutes and ruins the whole idea of having a grade report the mastery that is achieved. They suggest recording an “I” for incomplete and then, if the assignment is never turned in, be changed to a sixty. The chapter goes on to discuss how to grade gifted students, whether to weight grades, and how to grade late work. The chapter concludes with the tough subject of how to grade special needs students—should they be held to the same standard as the other students in that grade, or whether they should be given a grade based on their achievement and improvement over the course of the year.


Self-Relations:
At this point in my reading, all the texts seem to be running together. I have the feeling I have read this exact chapter before, but I think it was in a different text. So while the information is relevant, it has already been delivered to me before and thus has lost any initial reactions I might otherwise have recorded here. Many however, felt the chapter highly useful and was a change in pace from the other two texts that seemed to repeat themselves.