Personal note - we’ve finally heard from the school district and been given
an appointment for my daughter to go in and get a laptop computer loaded with
everything they will be using, and be shown how to use it. I figure it will be
good for her to get a chance to meet her teacher before the online teaching
begins as well.
Grading in Homeschooling
A friend who is homeschooling posted a question about
grading rubrics. She seemed to be feeling a little bit lost as to how to grade
her kids. I think she also wants to make sure that she is doing it by the book
so the state doesn’t give her any problems at the end of the school year. That’s
a very understandable feeling.
When I was taking my teaching degree years ago, the emphasis
was on a portfolio assessment, which illustrated the growth of the student in
grasping concepts and applying them. Whole language and writers workshop were
applied to help students improve their writing and spelling by actually doing a
piece of writing, then improving it through editing. They could write about
what they loved and therefore were more invested in it. Then came national
testing and that seemed to go out the window. Everything had to be quantifiable
and a numerical grade assigned. That was most easily done by multiple choice
question standardized tests, but teaching by rote memorization does not really help
with mastery of information.
Lots of people wrote back to my friend with great advice on
how to assess the learning and growth of her children. Here are a few different
web sites with good advice and different approaches, in case anyone is trying
to grasp this necessary but slippery concept of grading home schooled work.
To Grade or Not to Grade: Assigning Grades to Your
Homeshooler – Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers
How Do I Evaluate My Student’s Progress? – HLSDA
5 Tips for Grading in Homeschool – Steppingblocks
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