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Rethinking Grading

Episode #5: What about students with disabilities?

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Students with Disabilities �Are Not a Monolith.

  • Some struggle in school; some excel.
  • Some had positive experiences in their sending schools; some did not.
  • Some receive accommodations; some receive modifications.

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Accommodations

  • Change how the student is taught

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  • What is taught stays the same.
  • Examples:
    • Preferential seating
    • Graphic organizer
    • Fill-in-the-blank notes
    • Audio version of text
    • And many more

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Modifications

  • What is taught changes.

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  • Standards and rubrics are adjusted to a developmentally appropriate level.

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  • This happens in a traditional grading system, too.
  • Examples:
    • Fewer standards assessed
    • Different reading used
    • Different rubric used

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Professional Development

  • Two meetings for teachers to discuss their questions and concerns

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  • Reading and research, ranging from books to teacher pilots in the 2022-2023 school year

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  • Consultation with the Director of Special Education at a school that has implemented a similar grading system for five years

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  • Stipends for summer work

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  • More on the way in 2023-2024!

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THE BIG TAKEAWAYS

Just as they do now,

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    • Teachers will provide the appropriate supports to students who receive accommodations.
    • Teachers will adjust assessments and rubrics for students who receive modifications.
    • Students with disabilities will learn and grow in a developmentally appropriate way.

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Questions? Concerns?

jscopelleti@ssvotech.org

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781-878-8822 x. 317

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Rethinking Grading website