Sarah Dougherty, Visual Arts Curriculum Coordinator and Turnaround Arts Program Coordinator for the Des Moines Public Schools, dropped in for a chat. She was able to share her expertise on all things grading and assessment, and how we can work toward “Taming the Grading Game.” The guys also talked to her about the Turnaround Arts Initiative, Arts Integration, and why we should never grade behaviors.
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Here are a few of the articles discussed and a few other gems from the Art of Ed:
- One of the highlights of the conversation was Sarah’s guidance on writing essential questions and how to make them great.
- Another big part of the talk was discussion about standards-referenced grading vs. standards-based grading.
- Sarah has also written some great articles to help with assessment in your classroom.
- You can read more about what Sarah does with the visual arts and grading in the Des Moines Public Schools, and a little more about Turnaround Arts.
- Tim talked at the end of the show about his Connecting Art to the Common Core classes . . . check them out if you’re interested in some ridiculously relevant professional development!
- Follow The Art of Ed, Andrew, Tim, and Sarah on Twitter.
- You can also see some reactions to the discussion on Twitter by searching #aoelive.
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