To hear what Celia Reaves learned from her experiment this semester with “specifications grading” and to share your own experiences, please come to the TCC’s brown bag session on Monday, December 19, from 10-11:30 a.m. in the TCC (12-201). Bring your own questions. The first 10 participants will receive a copy of Linda Nilson’s book about specifications grading!
What is “specifications grading”?
Specifications grading is a system for evaluating student work that doesn't involve scoring individual assignments and then averaging or adding the scores together. Instead, every assignment is evaluated as either satisfactory or unsatisfactory, then grades are based on the total number of satisfactory assignments.
Does it work?
At the mid-term, Celia identified these issues with her implementation:
* Will the students and I agree that the final grades accurately reflect their performance and learning in the class?
* How can Blackboard help students clearly see their grade?
* Because students need a certain number of satisfactory grades, and they have opportunities to make up missed/unsatisfactory work, do students really know where they stand in the class at the mid-term?
Come find out what she learned!
Then, everyone who is interested in implementing specifications grading (or doing it again) is invited to a work session in January. We will have time to work collaboratively and independently to develop course-specific plans.
To read Celia’s mid-term reflection on her experiment:
Reflections from your TCC: Specifications Grading <
https://www.monroecc.edu/ArchAnnou.nsf/d4b4cfac60dfda7f85256c55006cc00b/53cb1a350e8e0999852580520051fff2?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,reaves>