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Grading Research and Resources

Articles:

Five Obstacles to Grading Reform by Thomas Guskey
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov11/vol69/num03/Five-Obstacles-to-Grading-Reform.aspx

Bound by Tradition Today's Grading Practices Reflect the Past by Ellen R. Delisio
http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/jun12/vol54/num06/Bound-by-Tradition.aspx

How I Broke My Rule and Learned to Give Retests by Myron Dueck

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov11/vol69/num03/How-I-Broke-My-Rule-and-Learned-to-Give-Retests.aspx

Starting the Conversation About Grading by Susan M. Brookhart
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov11/vol69/num03/Starting-the-Conversation-About-Grading.aspx

Perspectives / What We Learn from Grades by Marge Scherer
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov11/vol69/num03/What-We-Learn-from-Grades.aspx

The Case Against the Zero by Douglas Reeves 
http://www.leadandlearn.com/sites/default/files/articles/caseagainstzero.pdf

How Grading Reform Changed Our School
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov11/vol69/num03/How-Grading-Reform-Changed-Our-School.aspx

Books:

Classroom Assessment & Grading that Work by Robert Marzano

Transforming Classroom Grading by Robert Marzano

How to Grade for Learning by Ken O’Conner

Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Doing it Right – Using it Well by Rick
Stiggins, Judith Arter, Jan Chappuis and Steve Chappuis

A Repair Kit for Grading: 15 Fixes for Broken Grades by Ken O’Connor

Grades Don’t Matter by Tony Donen, Jennifer Anton, Lisa Beard, Todd Stinson, and
Glenda Sullivan