Middle Level Promise and Practice Summer Institute 2015

Participants new to standards-based grading are encouraged to read and discuss one of the following books before attending the workshop:

Grading Exceptional and Struggling Learners (Guskey and Jung)

On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting Paperback (Guskey)

Grading Smarter, Not Harder (Dueck)

How to Grade for Learning (O’Connor)

A Repair Kit for Grading: 15 Fixes for Broken Grades (O’Connor)

Fair Isn’t Always Equal (Wormeli)

Elements of Grading: A Guide to Effective Practice (Reeves)

Standards-based grading is worth every extended conversation with cynical stakeholders, every revision of school policy. Grade integrity and students’ real futures are at stake. Principals, teachers, school board members, and parents, however, often say they want to implement SBG, but they worry about how to get everyone on board. Come to this one of a kind workshop, and find out how it’s done!

Rick has authored a number of award-winning books, including Meet Me in the Middle: Becoming an Accomplished Middle Level Teacher, Day One and Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle Level Teachers and Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessment and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom.  He will delight and inspire attendees at MMSA’s upcoming summer institute in 2015!