Authors, Caren Cameron and Kathleen Gregory, offer a practical five-step process for arriving at letter grades that moves away from collecting a string of marks and calculating a grade. They offer an alternative assessment method by examining a wide variety of assessment tools (rating scales, scoring keys, rubrics, test scores, observation records, discussion notes, symbols, portfolio collections, and more) and match the student evidence with a description of achievement.

Caren Cameron, M.Ed. (1949-2021) retired from a long and varied career in education. She was a teacher for over 30 years and became a District Principal for Educational Programs in Sooke School District #62. As a workshop leader and facilitator, and university instructor, she spent time working with colleagues across North America on a variety of literacy and assessment topics. She has co-authored several practical books to assist busy teachers.

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Kathleen Gregory, M.Ed. has retired from a wide-ranging career in education.  She taught in elementary, middle and secondary schools and became a district curriculum coordinator and a district support teacher for classroom teachers and school teams who were integrating students with special needs.  Kathleen was an instructor for assessment courses at the University of Victoria and Vancouver Island University, and worked with colleagues across BC on strategies in literacy and assessment.
 

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The cover promises “A Five-Step Approach for Aligning Letter Grades to Learning Standards”, and it is deceptively small, at 72 pages, and is a quick read at about an hour. Despite its small size, this book changed everything as far as my assessment process is concerned.

Ignite Language

This concise book is an ideal resource for bachelor of education programs and professional learning communities.

Canadian Teacher Magazine