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__**Chapter 3 Meeting Summary from Group 1**__


 * Major Points** from After School Meeting, March 7th:

Chapter 3's fixes covered **LOW-QUALITY or POORLY ORGANIZED EVIDENCE:**
 * Fix 7 - Organize and report evidence by standards instead of using other category types- We discussed possibilities within the electronic gradebook to weight formative categories with a 0 and summative categories with a 1. Kathy has already started changing things in her gradebook to reflect this, just to see how it changes grades. She will report back on that next week.
 * Fix 8 - Grades should be assigned based on clear performance standards w/clear descriptions of achievement expecations - Everyone in the group sees this as something we need to do soon if any changes are to be implemented - actually, it needs to be done even no other changes are to be implemented. We need professional development time to establish these descriptions of achievement. What's good enough?
 * Fix 9 - Grades should be criterion-referenced, not norm-referenced - We reviewed the definitions of each of these. We also talked about MAP and where it fits into the picture.
 * Fix 10 - High quality assessments are a must - Several members said that they would like to have training on writing valid assessements, doubting the quality of what is being used now. Another possibility for professional development?