Sunday, January 23, 2011
Grades
Today I had to finish putting in my final grades for the winter term. As I entered the grades into the online system, I noted that my classes had done extraordinarily well; in fact, my own children asked why I was giving so many As. The reality is that these students worked really hard, never missed class and deserved their grades but I felt a twinge of concern that my dean might ask "Why all the good grades?" Do you become concerned when you have too many As?
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Great point, Ellen. This used to concern me too, but I have found myself much less concerned with this as my assessments increase in validity and reliability. Over the past couple of years we have done a lot of curriculum work, part of which has been focused on aligning and balancing our assessments. Since then I have been much more confident in my grades. If my principal approached me about this I would be happy to show him the alignment of my curriculum and exams.
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