Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School: 3 (Hack Learning)

How to Go Gradeless -- Assessment That Makes Learning VisibleWhats my grade? Whats it worth? Is there extra credit? Is this for a mark? Its time to shift the conversation and make learning visible. Now you can easily stop reducing students to a number letter or any label that misrepresents learning. Now you can help children see the value in every single assignment. Today you can make assessment a rich ongoing conversation that inspires learning for the sake of learning rather than as a punishment or a reward. All you have to do is go gradeless. Throw out your grade book tomorrow!In Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School award-winning teacher and world-renowned formative assessment expert Starr Sackstein unravels one of educations oldest mysteries: how to assess learning without grades -- even in a school that uses numbers letters GPAs and report cards. While many educators can only muse about the possibility of a world without grades teachers like Sackstein are reimagining education. In this unique eagerly-anticipated book Sackstein shows you exactly how to create a remarkable no-grades classroom like hers a vibrant place where students grow share thrive and become independent learners who never ask Whats this worth?Learn what formative assessment really looks like.Summative assessment is typically an end-of-unit exam or standardized test but what is formative assessment? Many teachers struggle with the concept. Hacking Assessment not only explains what formative assessment is it provides blueprints for implementation and examples from educators around the world who use this strategy successfully every day.Read It and You Can Take These Actions Immediately: Shift everyones mindset away from gradesTrack student progress without a grade bookCommunicate learning to all stakeholders in real timeMaximize time while providing meaningful feedbackTeach students to reflect and self-gradeDeliver feedback in a digital worldCreate cloud-based learning archivesInspire Students to share their work openlyThis is not your average assessment bookHacking Assessment wont bore you with outdated research or unrealistic strategies. In her captivating conversational style Sackstein provides practical ideas woven into a user-friendly success guide with actionable steps for creating an amazing conversation about learning that does not require a traditional grade. Each chapter is neatly wrapped in this simple Hack Learning Series formula: The Problem (an assessment issue that plagues education)The Hack (a ridiculously easy solution that youve likely never considered)What You Can Do Tomorrow (no waiting necessary)Blueprint for Full Implementation (a step-by-step action plan for capacity building)The Hack in Action (yes someone has actually done this)Teachers around the world are going gradeless and you can tooScroll up and click the Buy Now or Add to Cart button; read Hacking Assessment now and go gradeless tomorrow.