🔑 How well #students with #IEPs succeed depends largely on the expectations teachers hold for them. Never underestimate the combined power of high expectations and awesome instruction. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

A comprehensive reassessment plan can do a lot to prevent unnecessary student failures.

This is about accurately & equitably communicating student learning, not grade inflation.

Here’s mine⬇️
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📈 Most learners with #IEPs do not require modified expectations; they need support, time, and sometimes #intervention . ALL #students need high expectations. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

🎓 A low pass rate or class average grade is NOT an indicator of rigor of the course, but rather an indicator of inadequate #teaching and/or #assessment practices. I'm talking to you, too, college professors. #LeadInclusion #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

📊 A zero should never be a proxy for missing work/data. It's not only harmful to kids, but it's also poor math/measurement. Missing isn't evidence of no learning. It's just no evidence. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

🔍 Not completing homework is not proof of insufficient learning. Thus, missing homework shouldn't be recorded as a zero—it's simply missing data. Better, don't grade homework at all. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

⏰ The most frequent #IEP adjustment is extended time. What if we allowed additional time to any #student ? Or didn't time at all? If speed isn't what we're evaluating, extended time doesn't alter the standard. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TeacherTwitter

📚 Steps to mastery of a skill: 1. acquisition (I did it once) 2. fluency (I can do it consistently) 3. maintenance (I can keep doing it) 4. transfer (I can use it in new ways) (Hanson, et al., 1978) and still true. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat

🔍 Gone are the days when the purpose of #assessment was to #grade and rank #students . Assessment is part of the instructional process-- #feedback is the priority, not a grade. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

🔍 We need to rethink the purpose of grading. Is it to rank and sort students, or to provide feedback and support their learning? Let's prioritize the latter. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

📈 Our rubrics need to shift from being focused on what's missing to what's next. Learning progressions empower a growth mindset by focusing on what students CAN do. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

📌 #Students should not be punished with poor #grades for the mistakes they make along their way to mastery. Mistakes are a valued part of the learning process. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

📚 #Grading homework introduces big problems. #Homework runs a serious risk of widening the achievement gap for #students with #IEPs and students from low-income backgrounds. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

🌟 The more options we give as universal design for learning, the fewer #accommodations we need for individual #students later. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

I’m really excited about JSARD’s special issue on grading in K-12 schools, and I’m equally excited that Dr. Townsley (Matt Townsley) will be serving as guest editor💯🎆🎇

See the call for papers below 👇

ojed.org/index.php/JSAR…

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Deeper Competency-Based Learning (p. 69) - by Karin Hess, Rose Colby, Daniel Joseph

I appreciate the way this table contrasts standards-based grading with evidence-based.

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📊 #Assessment is necessary for good teaching. #Grading is not. Dialoguing with, listening to, and observing #students are often our best #assessment . #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter

📈 Even the best standards-based scales can't save us from a culture of competition. Reform in classroom assessment comes before grading reform. 🌟 #LeadInclusion #EDchat #EDtech #SpedChat #SBLchat #ATAssessment #TG2chat #TeacherTwitter

🗣️ Conferencing with #students to reflect on progress and co-construct #feedback and next steps is some of the best #assessment we can engage in. And it IS instruction, not time away from instruction. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #Inclusion #SBLchat #TeacherTwitter

❌ The #student who isn't a 'good test taker' doesn't have flawed learning. Assessing students in only one way is the flaw. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDL #SBLchat #TG2Chat #TeacherTwitter #Assessment