Chapter 13

This chapter is about grade books that can be used in differentiated classrooms. There are many things to consider when picking a grade book such as, can it be interpreted by others, does it show accurate mastery, and does it make grading more manageable. There are four different styles of grade books mentioned: grouping assignments by standard, objective, or benchmark; grouping assignments by weight or category; listing assignments by date; and, a topic based grade book.

Generally, I think this is not very useful, because in most cases schools will give you the grading format they want you to follow, usually a computer software program. However, I think the date based grade book is the best for me as I like seeing progress over time laid out and easy to read. That would just be the easiest way for me to follow. But like I said, that doesn’t seem like something that you are given a choice on these days.