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What’s in a Grade?: The Importance of Shifting the Way We Think About and Use Grades in Our Schools

by Diamond Alexander | Jun 3, 2014 | Grading

By: Jeff Heyck-Williams What’s in a grade?  Why do we grade? What do grades communicate? These questions may seem to have obvious answers, but they warrant consideration as we realize that grading is a major way that schools communicate both how individual students...