Chapter+4

__**Chapter 4 Meeting Summary from Group 1**__


 * Major Points** from After School Meeting, March 10th:

Chapter Four Summary -- Fixes for innappropriate grade calculation
 * Fix 11--Don't rely on the mean; consider other measures of central tendency and use professional judgement. As math teachers this was an easy conversation; however, Ginger came in a sweat because of the lovely math involved. We looked at a case study of students that were adversely affected by use of the mean. Of the ten summative assesments that were shown, we wanted additional information about the nature of the assessments? Were they cummulative? Did getting a zero give the teacher no evidence of mastery of those standards or were they tested again by the last assessment? The big point about professional judgement and grade determination versus grade calculation was discussed.
 * Fix 12--Don't include zeros in grade determination when evidence is missing or as punishment; use alternatives, such as an I for incomplete or missing evidence. This evoked much conversation about homework and what would happen if we stopped grading it and the huge number of students that would fail because they didn't do their homework to prepare for the exam. We spent a lot of time talking about how we get students to do their homework, what to do if they do not, and what to do if students do not need to do the homework to improve their skills. We have zero solutions.