{"id":2902,"date":"2019-02-11T07:48:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2019-02-11T07:50:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T12:50:25","slug":"mastery-based-grading-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/mastery-based-grading-finally\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastery-Based Grading? Finally!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the MindShift blog this morning, I read this little tidbit:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This kind of\u00a0standards-based grading approach is a growing trend in some corners of education. It\u2019s part of a push to make sure kids are actually mastering the information they\u2019re supposed to learn, not just\u00a0playing a points game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The article is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/mindshift\/52813\/how-teachers-are-changing-grading-practices-with-an-eye-on-equity\">How Teachers Are Changing Grading Practices With an Eye on Equity<\/a>,&#8221; and it carries on an interesting and important discussion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interesting and important to me, at least!<\/strong> But, then again, I wrote about mastery-based teaching and ditching traditional grading systems in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Bf1Lo4\">Quality Education: Why It Matters, and How to Structure the System to Sustain It<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/pix\/covers\/qualityeducation2016edge.png\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"748\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hate to say &#8220;I told you so,&#8221; but 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