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Case: Unfair Assessment
I have been a successful middle school teacher. I know it sounds strange when I call myself successful, but I have received recognitions at the school and county levels for the quality of my teaching. I have a big dilemma this year. I have two students who are not your ordinary students. Selena is a Hispanic student who is an English Language Learner, but her English proficiency is quite high. She fully participates in all class activities, she functions well in group and individual work, and she is always motivated. She is an ideal student. However, she never makes passing grades on tests. Her current grade is an F. Shelly is a White student. She shows no interest in course activities. You cannot even know if she listening or not most of the time. She chooses not to do group work. If I force her, she does not really contribute. She also does not turn in any assignments. What puzzles me is that she usually receives the highest grades in tests. Her current grade in my course is a high B. If she had turned in the assignments, her grade would be an A. The course grade in my class is determined mainly based on what students make on tests, because I feel that tests are the only means for me to know whether students have retained what they learned or not. Lately I have been thinking that my grading is not doing justice to Selena. At the same time, I think Shelly does not deserve a B with the attitude she has displayed. I need to revise my assessment system. Please help me with this.
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I have come across this same dilemma also. Unfortunately, my school district sets the weight of our grading standards. All major assessments are 50% of their grade, minor assessments are 30% and final exams (or EOCT's) are 20% of their final grade. I have a problem with this standardization across the county. We are also not "allowed" to give participation grades...another thing I have a problem with. I would much rather have Selena in my class because she works hard, than Shelly who just does the bare minimum and still passes. I am really challenged this year because I am teaching my younger brother (and he is Shelly)!! He makes me so angry because I have a hard time "loving" the kid that is the smart, lazy kid...and that's him (and Shelly). I think that we should adapt our grading scales to our kids...afterall, the doctor adapt medicines for the patients and their conditions. |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: It is frustrating when students work very hard and then are not successful on the EOCT. |
| Rated On: February 14, 2014 7:11 pm |
| Rated By: Will Melton |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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No
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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No
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| Comments: This does not really offer any solution, just states that they are having a similar issue. |
| Rated On: March 2, 2015 4:39 am |
| Rated By: SeRuru |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
No
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
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| Comments: This is very bias and I did not enjoy reading it at all nor do I believe it provided enough information to be relative or useful to the case in any way. |
| Rated On: March 3, 2015 12:05 am |
| Rated By: eWeHaz |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
No
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
No
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
No
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: I agree, the use of weighting grades serves as a disadvantage to the true capabilities of your students. If I didn't have to use it, I wouldn't. but i do agree with adapting |
| Rated On: October 25, 2021 9:50 pm |
| Rated By: Colleen Buckwalter |
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