Grading

The November 2011 issue of Educational Leadership from ASCD arrived yesterday.  The theme of this issue is "Effective Grading Practices."  I read a few articles, and it is excellent. 

One article "Starting the Conversation About Grading" by Susan M. Brookhart that the first two questions we need to ask ourselves are:

1. What meaning (purpose) do we want our grades to convey? 
2. Who is (are) the primary audience(s) for this message?

This article and articles and others that I read fit beautifully with the Dr. William Glasser Quality School Model that we are implementing at Esperanza.