Students in Portland, Oregon may soon be able to get away with cheating and not doing assignments, if Portland Public Schools implements new “equitable grading practices.”
the initiative’s goal is to standardize practices district-wide after the non-unified implementation “led to a mosaic of grading practices across schools and across the district that is confusing to students and families.”
The equitable grading practices are currently being workshopped and are expected to be implemented in the district by 2025, according to the Washington Free Beacon. The handout draws its framework from Joe Feldman’s book “Grading for Equity,” including guidance such as: not giving students zeros, adopting a 0-4 scale instead of a traditional 0-100 scale, giving greater weight to recent performances, not including group work for grades, allowing retakes, developing rubrics, and more.
The “bias-resident” practices it lists to be implemented include using summative assessments, not grading homework or including it as part of a final grade, not penalizing late work, not offering extra credit, excluding attendance, effort, attitude or behavior in grade calculations, and providing alternative consequences for cheating rather than assigning zeroes.
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