Which one of the following teachers is acting in ways consistent with the textbook's recommendations for assigning final grades?
A) Mr. Arnold meets individually with each student to develop contingency contracts that specify the instructional objectives the student needs to achieve.
B) Ms. Bestani asks students to submit written self-evaluations, and students' self-assigned grades count for 25 of their overall grades.
C) Ms. Chernyshov always describes the criteria she will be using to evaluate assignments, and every two weeks she distributes numerical progress reports to show students the course grades they've earned so far.
D) After class discussions, cooperative learning activities, and other fairly public demonstrations of achievement, Mr. DeJong has students rate one another's performance. Such ratings are used to determine grades in borderline cases.
Question 2
Three of the teachers below are using strategies consistent with the textbook's recommendations regarding the use of portfolios. Which one is not consistent?
A) Ms. James tells each of her students which specific artifacts they should include in their class portfolios.
B) Ms. Gaudet lists the criteria that she will use to evaluate students' portfolios.
C) Ms. Shaklee asks her students to include a brief statement about each of the entries they include in their portfolios.
D) Ms. Salih asks students to include at least four writing samples written at various times during the school year in order to show how they have improved over time.
