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Teacher Survey on Formative and Summative Assessment
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- Grades should measure student learning.*
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- Grades should only measure student learning. *
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- Grades should measure a mixture of student learning and effort. *
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- Grades that measure a mixture of student learning and effort provide clear measures of what student knows and can do. *
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- There is grade inflation at West Lincoln High School*
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- My grades are not inflated. *
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- My grades are inflated but there is a sound reason for it. *
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- If nobody inflated grades it would be a good thing. *
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- If nobody engaged in inflationary grading practices I would not do it either. *
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- Summative assessments are the most important grades.*
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- I understand clearly the difference between summative and formative assessments. *
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- Formative assessments are the most important types of grades. *
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- Allowing students to redo assignments and retake tests is unfair.
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- Allowing students to redo assignments and retake tests is never justifiable.*
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- There are sound educational reasons to allow students to retake assessments and redo assignments. *
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- Holding students accountable for deadlines is more important that the learning associated with assignments. *
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- Allowing students unlimited retakes on tests and redos on assignments creates more work for the teacher.
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- It is fair to allow students to retake tests and redo assignments.
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- In life people only get one shot at doing things so we should never give chances to redo assignments or retake tests.
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- School should mirror real life in its consequences for poor quality work or missing deadlines.
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- School is practice for real life and as such should accord students multiple chances to learn and get things right so that they begin to value excellence and effort.
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- Student learning and skill development are the most important things a school should strive to develop.
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- Work ethic and ethical behavior are the most important things a school should strive to develop.
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- Work ethic, ethical behavior, and knowledge and skill development are inseparable.
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- The main goal of school is to develop knowledge and skills but the best way to do this is through a culture that values hard work and ethical behavior.
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