Proficiency/Mastery Based Scoring -- Books and Articles

Want to learn more about Proficiency Based Scoring and Reporting? The books and articles below are a great place to start! 

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Repair Kit for Grading
The Perfect Assessment System
Fair Isn't Always Equal
Grading for Equity
Mastery Learning
Rethinking Grading
Using Grading to Support Student Learning

​Articles
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By Alyson Klein, Education Week, November 05, 2024  6 min Read

It's Time to Stop Averaging Grades

Rick Wormeli breaks it down in this article for AMLE. A must-read.

How Grading Reform Changed Our School

"We decided that the consequence for not doing the work should be—doing the work"

Equity Through Grading: Transforming the Learning Currency

Katherine Holden and Steve Retzlaff describe the transformation at their school.

Do Students Need a Bill of Assessment Rights?

From  Phi Delta Kappan (vo. 96, no 2, 67-72)

Five Obstacles to Grading Reform

A classic from Guskey and ASCD

Is Standards Based Grading Effective?

Great overview of SBG from the journal Theory to Practice