Sentences with phrase «defining letter grades»
They began by defining letter grades as indicators of particular levels of mastery, rather than the number of points earned.
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The letters stand for «total student load,» which Mr. Ouchi defines as the number of students that teachers come in contact with each academic term and the number of papers they grade.
As Professor Geoff Masters, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Council for Educational Research later commented, «letter grades do not provide useful long - term pictures of student progress because they relate only to short - term success on defined bodies of taught content» (2013).
Renowned author and education consultant Jay McTighe agrees with O'Connor, «You can have letter grades and standards - based grading as long as you clearly define what those (letter - grade) levels mean.»
Letter grades would require primary teachers to define six levels of performance.
When the letter grades were converted to numbers (4, 3, 2, 1, 0), «average relative reading ability» could be determined for subgroups of students, defined as printing at different rates.