Episode 147: Shortcast - Episode 23: Manageable Grading in a Modern Classroom

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In this week's episode, we discuss systems and strategies Modern Classroom educators employ to make mastery-based grading sustainable in their classrooms.

Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog

Show Notes

• Upcoming MCP Webinar on Mastery-Based Grading (Thursday, February 25th, 7:00-8:00 PM EST)

• Mastery based grading: what does the research say?

• Multiple studies on feedback & student learning (see Best Practices 2 and 3!)

• Talking points app

• Y.A.M.M. (Yet Another Mail Merge) - great for sending progress reports to parents from spreadsheet-based pacing trackers

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The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach

Special Guest: Moira Mazzi.