In the previous article jen described how she assesses. In this one she describes how she grades:
Grading: most kids pass bc they demonstrate understanding in some way. even tho my CI classes are messy and contaminated with too much english. kids who fail are the kids who do not come to class. kids who get a D are kids who miss a lot of class thru extended bathroom breaks and/ or phone use and/or not shutting the F up. the different between an A student and a C student is the consistency of their engagement, assessed with ISA / ISR or whatever you call the interpersonal skills. I “document” this weekly (in an ideal world, getting better at it) by typing some numberZ into the machine under my ISA category. I vary whether I enter them as formative or summative. I really don’t think about it so maybe I need to justify…but I def. put them in as summative when it is the end of a marking period, just to give it more of a boost (80% summative vs 20% formative). I am shooting blindly here just trying to survive my first year in this school. Mental health mental health mental health.