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FAST Grading: A Guide to Implementing Best Practices
FAST Grading A Guide to Implementing Best Practices Author:Douglas Reeves Embrace effective grading procedures that have the power to reduce failure rates, encourage learning, and enhance morale. In this three-part guide, the author presents practical strategies teachers and administrators can use to ensure their grading practices center on four essential criteria: fairness, accuracy, specificity, and timeliness. Disc... more »over how to gain support for grading reform, navigate implementation challenges, and more.Benefits
-Review the importance of fair, accurate, specific, and timely grading practices.
-Learn about the five mistakes educators often make that cause grading reform to fail.
-Understand how to gain the support of stakeholders for grading reform, even when opinions differ.
-Study how bad grading practices waste teachers' time and how improved practices can save time.
-Consider the experiences of schools that have tackled grading challenges.
-Reflect on grading practices and plan improvements using exercises in every chapter.« less