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."
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Enough with the Fluff | Monica Burns | Would You Accept It?
Impact | Andrew Maxey | Overcorrection
Here We Go Again | George Sugai (Pt. 2) | Your Assessment Journey
I‘m Doing That! | George Sugai | Think They‘re Right
If Not Ed | Hedreich Nichols | Myths of Summative Assessment
What‘s Happened to Us? | Brian Butler | Common Assessments
Milestones | Garnet Hillman | Engineering Conversations
Machinery of Achievement | Pav Wander | Acceptable Alternatives
EduDivisiveness | Doug Reeves (Pt. 2) | Assessment Relevance
Risk is Reward | Doug Reeves (Pt. 1) | Targeted Feedback
Fear of Regret | Tina Boogren | Method vs Format
Shine Bright | Luis Cruz | Don‘t Overthink It
Disproving the Theory | Phyllis Fagell | The Allure of Quick
Second Opinions | Cathy Vatterott | Peer Assessment
Present as Epilogue | Rachel Carrillo Fairchild | No Point-Fives
Are We Too Serious? | Greg Wolcott | Willing & Able
Summer Series: Trauma-Informed Education
Summer Series: Women in Leadership
Summer Series: Standards-Based Grading
Summer Series: Social-Emotional Learning
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