Secondary Standards- Based Grading and Reporting Handbook

Secondary Standards- Based Grading and Reporting Handbook has some very interesting and very valuable information on effective grading that reflects students' abilities. According to the article, students feel grades need to be meaningful for them. Students and families want a clear indication of what has been learned, what needs to be learned, and what needs work.The only way to do this, according to the article, is teaching and grading around specific standards. I believe this is a good idea. Teachers should not be teaching students meaningless information and then testing them on it. Everything that a teacher teaches needs to be for a reason and I believe that following a certain guideline and certain standards does just that.Another thing that stood out to me is that students get motivated by success and seeing that they are growing from what they are learning. Thus, teachers should not teach whatever pops into their heads. They should be teaching information that is vital for students' growth. Sticking to standards, and teaching to those standards also not only keep the student on track, but it also keeps the teacher on track as well.I also really enjoyed the section about avoiding giving a grade of 0. In my opinion, giving a grade of 0 does not help the student in any way. It certainly does not keep them motivated. If the student sees multiple zeros on his or her report card, why should they be motivated to continue working? I sure wouldn't I believe that grades and report cards should be more informational. A report card should tell the student what they can do to improve in the class rather than simply giving them a bad grade.simply tells the student that they are doing poorly in the class. If a report card, rather than giving the student the bad grade, told them how they could improve in the class, and had specific steps on how they could improve, more than likely the student would be much more motivated to work harder in the class. Overall, I really enjoyed this article. It armed me with things I will be able to use in the classroom. It was a very interesting and informative read. Hopefully we have more articles like this in the future of this class.