Filled with real examples and gray areas that middle and high school educators will easily recognize, rick tackles important and sometimes controversial assessment and grading issues constructively. Rick offers a wealth of experience having worked as a middle grades teacher, human growth and development teacher, and staff. Rick wormeli keynote speakers bureau and speaking fee. From planning to practice, offers his advice on how revisit your current methods and to incorporate standardsbased grading. Join us as the advancedage version of rick wormeli in the year 2075 travels through a time vortex back to the current year.
Rick wormelis new book, fair isnt always equal, answers that question and much more. Est north america, darin jolly, ken oconnor, tom murray, garnet hillman, michele corbat, rik rowe, rick and many others host a great conversation on standardsbased assessment and grading. Filled with real examples and gray areas that middle and high school educators will easily recognize, rick tackles important and sometimes controversial assessment and. As we turn away from percentages and the 100point scale in the modern education world and instead embrace rubrics and smaller grading scales, lets shed light on some of practices that are hitting or missing the mark. Citing real examples and grey areas middle years and secondary school educators will easily recognise, rick tackles. Find rick s books below and his authored articles here. Read a book or an article on assessment or grading by one of the following authors and share a summary of it with your study group. Please click on the pages on the left to read about some topics covered in this book. Fair isnt always equal, 2nd edition stenhouse publishers.
The 100 point scale or the percentage mark any thing that is marked and put into a percentage smaller scales. Filled with real examples and gray areas that middle and highschool educators will easily recognize, rick tackles important and sometimes controversial assessment and. Fair isnt always equal, 2nd edition ebook by rick wormeli. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
See all books authored by rick wormeli, including fair isnt always equal. Citing real examples and grey areas middle years and secondary school educators will easily recognise, rick tackles important and. Fair isnt always equal answers that question and much more. Rick wormeli offers the latest research and common sense thinking that teachers and administrators seek when it comes to assessment and grading in differentiated instruction is a nice idea, but what happens when it comes to assessing and grading students. Fair isnt always equal stenhouse publishers rick wormeli. Rick wormeli is a national board certified teacher and a columnist for middle ground magazine. In recent years i have come to view grading and assessment as two very different things and two that are often confused or misunderstood. Filled with real examples and gray areas that middle and high school educators will easily recognize, rick tackles important and. Rick wormeli offers the latest research and common sense thinking that. Related to the book fair isnt always equal on grading practices, this link includes study guides, articles, videos, responses, teacher testimonials, and more. He is currently working on a new book on how to change a school and community culture for standardsbased grading. Grading in the differentiated classroom wormeli, rick on. Rick wormeli is an experienced classroom and building educator who now writes professional articles and education books while training teachers, principals, superintendents, business organizations, school boards, and parents in north america and around the world.
An internationally recognized expert on grading practices, rick wormeli first examined these questions 10 years ago in the first edition of fair isnt always equal. He is the author of the awardwinning book, meet me in the middle, as well as the bestselling book, fair isnt always equal. Dec 21, 2010 rick wormeli, author of fair isnt always equal and differentiation. Assessing and grading in the differentiated classroom by rick wormeli. Marzano standards based grading book, saving xenos an unofficial graphic novel for minecrafters 6, formative assessment and standardsbased grading. Rick wormelis new book is sure to inspire readers to take radical responsibility for challenging conventional methods and rules that surround students in schools. Redos and retakes done right university of arizona.
As his older and younger selves, rick reminisces on the teaching and learning practices of todays classrooms that will stand the test of time to his contemporary world in 2075. Averaging grades isnt accurate or fair, rick contends, because students are human beings, not statistics. The classroom robert marzano cuts to the heart of assessment and grading in this essential book. The 4 point scale for this discussion, this will include 3 and 5 point scales 2. In this thoroughly updated second edition, rick provides a catalyst for serious reflection on current grading and assessment practices in differentiated classrooms. Rick wormeli offers the latest research and common sense thinking that teachers and administrators seek when it comes to assessment and grading in differentiated classes. Rick wormeli presents his ideas and beliefs about grading and reporting in such a sensible and reasonable way. Discover book depositorys huge selection of rick wormeli books online. Rick wormeli offers the latest research and common sense thinking that teachers and. David cutler interviews rick wormeli on doing whats fair in the differentiated classroom, hosting by spin education. Assessment and grading in the differentiated classroom, differentiation.
Changes in assessment and grading practices is a paradigm shift for most educators. Every so often while working with educators, rick gets philosophical about what he does. Rick and his wife, kelly, have two, adultaged children and they live in herndon, virginia. This is the sixth post in a series of short youtube videos by rick wormeli, author of the book fair isnt always equal. This episode focuses on the power of frequent formative assessments and tying that into a standards based grading system. Avoid penalizing students multiple attempts at mastery. Rick wormeli is a national board certified teacher, the author of seven respected books in the teaching field, and an internationally known speaker on middlelevel education, classroom assessment, innovation, and teacher professionalism. Adapted from chapter 15, 10 grading practices to avoid, fair isnt always equal, 2nd edition stenhouse, 2018 by rick wormeli. Rick wormeli does an excellent job in hosting that conversation in way that allows readers to reflect on whats best for students, what is essential that assessment data ought to provide, and how to collect and report in ways that is helpful to the teacher, parents, and student.
Hes also been an educational consultant to national public radio, usa today, and the smithsonian institution. Jarrel plagiarized one paragraph in his health class essay on the dangers of secondhand smoke. Rick wormeli, author of fair isnt always equal and differentiation. Rick offers a wealth of experience having worked as a middle grades teacher, human growth and. Rick wormeli, one of the first national boardcertified teachers in america, brings innovation, energy, validity, and high standards to both his presentations and his instructional practice, which includes 38 years of teaching math, science, english, physical education, health, and history and of coaching teachers and principals. Rick wormelis middle level fundamentals by middleweb published 08212012 rick wormeli is a national board certified teacher, the author of seven respected books in the teaching field, and an internationally known speaker on middlelevel education, classroom assessment, innovation, and teacher professionalism. Below are ten approaches to avoid when differentiating assessment and grading. Rick wormeli on formative assessment supts thoughts.
Rick wormeli is a longtime classroom teacher turned writer and education consultant. Effective grading practices pages 2226 redos and retakes done right rick wormeli allowing students to redo assignments and assessments is the best way to prepare them for adult life. The winner of disneys american teacher award for english in 1996, rick is an internationally known speaker on middlelevel education, innovation, and teacher professionalism. Topics include professional issues, motivating and connecting with students, differentiation, literacy, teaching techniques, assessment, grading, and more. In this article, rick wormeli shares a few basic dos and donts when it comes to rubrics and grading scales. I wish i had learned about the power of formative assessments and a standards based. Rick wormeli books list of books by author rick wormeli. Calling for a timeout on rubrics and grading scales. Rick wormeli is one of the most soughtafter middle grades teaching experts in america. Crazy good stuff i learned about teaching along the way amle. He is the author of several books, including the collected writings so far of rick wormeli.
This book focuses on identifying and defining assessment, grading, rating, and reportinghow they are similar, and yet how they serve very different purposes. During this twoday workshop, rick wormeli shows you how you can manage evidencebased assessment and grading, using innovative strategies designed to meet your states standards as well as. Rick wormeli is a columnist for the national middle school associations middle ground magazine, and he is the author of the awardwinning book, meet me in the middle, as well as the bestselling books, day one and beyond, fair isnt always equal. Rick wormeli getting excited about assessing and grading. Tom guskey, ken oconnor, dylan wiliam, robert marzano, susan brookhart, anne davies, ruth sutton, rick stiggins, damien. Grading scales we are going to look at 2 types of grading scales. His book, the collected writings so far of rick wormeli. Crazy good stuff i learned about teaching along the way, is collection of his published articles, guest blogs and more through 20. Wormeli teacher study guide vashon island school district. Rick wormeli speakers bureau and booking agent info.
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