Hacking Assessment

Now is the time to reimagine assessment and throw out traditional gradesInternationally-recognized grading and assessment expert Starr Sackstein is back with the long-awaited update to her highly-regarded guide to throwing out grades, even in a traditional grades school.Over 100 new strategies and resourcesNearly seven years after helping launch a global no-grades classroom movement, Sackstein has honed her practice and now brings teachers and school leaders more than 100 new and updated strategies, solutions, and practical resources you can read today and use in any classroom tomorrow to transform how you assess learning.Understand modern assessment problems and how to fix themReaders will learn about the flaws of traditional assessment systems and how to make immediate changes so students can better advocate for themselves as learners.Change the mindsetBegin by addressing your mindset about grading, and learn how to help your community buy into the shift and to go gradeless. Bravely change the systems that aren’t serving your students.In this power-packed second edition of Hacking Assessment, you will find:updated tools to ease the transition to ungrading for teachersstandards-aligned rubricsnew resources to support the workself-grading strategies and toolsstandards based grading tips and resourcesfresh Hacks in Action for various grade levelsstrategies for motivating students to embrace no-grades assessmenta blueprint for providing clear, objective feedback for learnersways to inspire students to embrace self-gradingclear strategies for deciding on report card grades, even when you work daily without gradesexamples of impactful assessment conferences with studentsRead this impactful, updated second edition of Hacking Assessment today, and immediately start building a culture of students who embrace learning for learning’s sake, not for a grade.