Grading, Assessments, and Common Assessments
Assessments are tricky for all types of curriculum, social studies is no different. No matter what your teaching philosophy, at the end of the quarter and/or semester, students must have some symbol of their completing the course. There are many educational debates that focus on grading and assessment, with impassioned factions and philosophies turning discussion into argument. In this article, I will explain how I assessed and use grades in a United States History course. …