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02303aam a2200361 i 4500 001 5ECC964226B811E994CCD44997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190202010039 008 180503s2019 caua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018021314 020 $a 1506391575 020 $a 9781506391571 035 $a (OCoLC)1037296983 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d EAU $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LB3051 F44 2019 100 1 $a Feldman, Joe, $e author. 245 10 $a Grading for equity : $b what it is, why it matters, and how it can transform schools and classrooms / $c Joe Feldman. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Thousand Oaks, California : $b Corwin, a SAGE Company, $c [2019] 300 $a xxviii, 266 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index. 520 $a "For some time, traditional (A - F) grading practices have been under fire from a wide range of stakeholder. Grading policies are wildly inconsistent from classroom to classroom, frequently misguided, uninformed, and frequently based on subjective judgments. Of even more concern, our grading practices exacerbate the achievement gap. It is well-documented that African-American and Latino students, boys, as well as special education students, are disproportionately suspended and expelled, influenced by teachers' unconscious but biased judgments of student behavior. Virtually ignored is how teachers' incorporate subjective and non-academic criteria into their grades (through criteria such as student attitude, "participation", and "effort"), and how approach to grading contributes to these same students' disproportionately high course failure rates and disproportionately low placement in advanced academic tracks"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Grading and marking (Students) $z United States. 650 0 $a Discrimination in education $z United States. 650 0 $a Minority students $x Rating of $z United States. 650 0 $a Educational equalization $z United States. 941 $a 2 952 $l UVAX975 $d 20240215014208.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230804010926.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5ECC964226B811E994CCD44997128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search