Marjory,

On a number of occasions you have mentioned that you record
approximately two grades per week, one quick and one a test
or essay. Last year I attended and workshop on
standards-based grading that gave the advice to keep many
things out of the gradebook--homework, behavior, practice,
and formative assessments. I tend to try to record too
much. Once students at our alternative school learn
something won't be graded or recorded, they won't do it.
Yes, I tell them that the practice is designed to improve
their test scores, but this falls on deaf ears.Yes, they
can fail and get the consequences, but that isn't what I am
looking for. Any suggestions for getting students to do
work that won't go in the gradebook?

Wondering

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