Sentences with phrase «than a graded judgment»

Across 13 inspection letters from July to December — which are «narrative» rather than graded judgments — autism was mentioned more than 30 times.

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Guskey and Jung conclude that grades are more likely to be fair and «meaningful communication» when teachers examine the evidence of student learning and use their judgment to decide what grade best summarizes that evidence than when teachers use computerized gradebooks for all situations.

When they observe happy children with complex needs who appear to behave and look well treated, do inspectors whack out generous «outstanding» judgments as a way of rewarding the school for relieving society of its guilt about what to do with disabled children, rather than basing the grading on whether students are being fully extended to learn?

Feedback that helps students clearly understand areas of proficiency and areas that need additional attention is generally more useful than grading because students are still practicing and refining competencies, and premature grading or judgment creates an environment that feels unsafe for students to engage in learning.

Specific to the primary purpose of formative assessment is the opportunity for teachers to provide descriptive feedback to students.Rather than providing students with a judgment that identifies an overall grade, score, or level (i.e. summative assessment), teachers focus on providing specific, descriptive information to students on how to keep learning and growing toward proficiency.

Consequently, «a negative judgment was more devastating than ordinarily, for presumably it was based on an assessment of the whole person rather than on some narrow aspect of performance like grade average.

Mr. Hebron next addresses his concerns through the UCAB (University Council Appeals Board) process — alleging his grades have been affected by matters «other than substantive academic judgment».