For instance, after opening class with individual journaling, I often invite my ninth graders to share out. Each day, various students raise their hands to offer their reflections to the group. Though ...

Testing has been shown to increase student anxiety, sometimes to extreme degrees. (Unsplash/Ben Mullins) Grade obsession changes how students learn.When students are mainly motivated by getting ...

As measured by course grades, the "achievement gap" closed up by about 60 percent. This gap was defined as the difference in grades that "underserved" students and "well-served" students received. In ...

Teachers and school leaders, ask yourselves how you can scaffold instruction to ensure all students have access to grade-level materials. Related Tags: Teaching Strategies ...

After more than a year waging uphill battles to connect with their schooling, tens of thousands of students now face having to repeat a grade in 2021-22. It’s a choice an unusually high number ...

By contrast, you already know how to grade papers; you don’t need the practice. ... without being affected by the expectations that surely affect those of us who hand-grade student work.