What do your grades look like? Do the grades that your students earn reflect their mastery and what they can do with and in the target language? In this episode, I speak with Jude Krushnowski, the Director of the World Language Teacher Education Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He walks us through a framework for competency-based grading in our proficiency-based classrooms. Lots of tips, insights and suggestions for making this transition to assessments authentically reflecting our students’ competency.
Topics in this Episode:
- what standards-based grading is and how it differs from traditional grading methods
- how standards-based grading aligns with proficiency-based instruction and why is it more beneficial for assessments
- examples where standards-based grading significantly enhanced learning and proficiency growth
- what gets assessed and what does not; what goes into the grade
- what it looks like in practice, particularly gradebook categories, retakes, rubrics vs. points and percentages
- challenges teachers might face when transitioning to standards-based grading
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- Twitter/X: @ProfeKrush
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