new process. The team knows summer is a good time to rest before the challenge of implementing its new grading model.
The Four Commitments in Evidence-Based Grading
In the preparation phase of team learning, members must commit to certain practices and perspectives. They must first resolve central issues and achieve coherence and clarity in order to build a solid foundation from which to learn. Committing to these perspectives is the first step to implementing evidence-based grading. Before team members can move forward, they must come to a consensus on the following four commitments of evidence-based grading.
1. Agree that the percentage system is a flawed grading model.
2. Eliminate four specific grading errors.
3. Focus on grading proficiency.
4. Use student-produced evidence.
Agree That the Percentage System Is a Flawed Grading Model
One of the more interesting questions we get when talking to colleagues about grading is, Where did the current grading system come from anyway? That is an interesting story.
It all began in the 19th century. Those few students who were lucky enough to forgo the farm and go to school typically went to a small, one-room schoolhouse with a teacher who usually taught the same students for many years. The teacher would deliver oral feedback on student performance a few times a year during home visits with students and their parents. Similarly, in the first half of the 19th century, most colleges and universities provided students with feedback in writing driven mostly by descriptive adjectives (Durm, 1993).
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