Setting and Using Criteria
by Gregory, Kathleen; Cameron, Caren; Davies, AnneEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-04-01
Publisher(s): Solution Tree
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Summary
Setting and Using Criteria focuses on tried and true ways for teachers to involve students in their own assessment. The authors outline a four-step process for co-constructing criteria, then show how to use these criteria for assessing learning without grades or other evaluative feedback.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. 7 |
| Setting Criteria | p. 13 |
| What are criteria, and why do we set them? | p. 13 |
| A four-step process for setting criteria with students | p. 13 |
| Brainstorm | p. 14 |
| Sort and categorize | p. 17 |
| Make and post a T-chart | p. 19 |
| Add, revise, refine | p. 20 |
| Scenarios for setting criteria with students | p. 20 |
| Using personal experience | p. 20 |
| Using familiar classroom experiences | p. 24 |
| Using specific examples | p. 26 |
| Starting with standards or outcomes | p. 28 |
| Beginning with students' ideas | p. 30 |
| Assessing Student Work in Relation to Criteria | p. 33 |
| What is assessment? | p. 33 |
| Shifting to criteria-based assessment | p. 34 |
| Ten ways to assess without grading student work | p. 36 |
| Met, Not Yet Met | p. 39 |
| Met, Not Yet Met, I Noticed | p. 40 |
| Sample Match | p. 42 |
| Performance Rubric | p. 45 |
| More of, Less of | p. 46 |
| N.B. (Pay Attention) | p. 47 |
| Specific Remarks | p. 49 |
| Using Acronyms | p. 50 |
| The Next Step | p. 53 |
| Key Questions | p. 54 |
| Questions and Responses | p. 57 |
| What happens to grades when we use these approaches? | p. 57 |
| How did our record keeping change when we used criteria? | p. 60 |
| Can students use these approaches for self-assessment? | p. 62 |
| What about the students who cannot meet all the criteria? | p. 63 |
| How can I convince my students that they can live without grades? | p. 63 |
| Conclusion | p. 65 |
| Appendix: Reproducibles | p. 67 |
| Bibliography | p. 77 |
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