In this bonus episode, Tom offers his perspective on the New Reporting Order in British Columbia set to be implemented in the 2023-24 school year. In PART 1, Tom highlights the backstory and development (and poor messaging) surrounding the implementation of the new curriculum when it was first developed several years ago. In PART 2 (15:15), Tom takes aim at the obsession some have with percentage-based grading and why it is an unreliable, inaccurate, and incomplete way of assessing. In PART 3 (35:04), Tom offers his critiques of the new reporting order, specifically at the assertion made in documents to families from the BC Ministry of Education that "Proficient is the goal for your child" and that "Extending is not the goal for all students in every area of learning." 

• New BC Curriculum

• New BC Reporting Order
  

• Information for Parents & Caregivers

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Grading from the Inside Out
  • Jonesboro, AR (Sep. 25-26)

• Grading from the Inside Out
  • Charleston, SC (Oct. 11-12)

• Standards-Based Learning in Action
  • Seattle, WA (Oct. 16-17)

• Grading from the Inside Out
  • St. Louis, MO (Dec. 6-7)

NEW BOOKS BY TOM:

• "Redefining Student Accountability" (NEW)

• "Concise Answers to FAQs about Assessment & Grading"

• "Jackpot: Nurturing Student Investment through Assessment"

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