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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Lessons from Songland | Mandy Stalets | Enough Evidence?
Public Humility | Jennifer Abrams | Constructed-Response
With Age Comes... | Yvette Jackson | Non-Verbal Cues
Teacher Appreciation | Natalie Vardabasso | Assessment Purpose
False Dichotomies | Catlin Tucker | More than Verbs
Father Phil | LaVonna Roth | Homework (2)
Debating Both Sides | Muhammad Khalifa | Homework
Happiness Booster | Lee Ann Jung | Habits of Learning
Happiness Killer | Defining Success | Transcripts
Relentless Outrage | Matt Townsley | Leading Change in Assessment (2)
Happy for Others | Peter DeWitt | Leading Change in Assessment
Defending vs Defensive | Alexa Schmid | Normative Tendencies
Introspection Illusions | Natalie Conway | Consumable Report Cards?
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Defending EduSpeak | Trevor MacKenzie | Self-Reflection
Allure of Labels | Starr Sackstein | Multiple-Choice
Experience for Nuance | Jay McTighe | Assessing Creativity
Learning Loss Illusion | Shauna Brown | Net-Zero Grading Reform
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