A review by ashley_eliza
Grading Smarter, Not Harder: Assessment Strategies That Motivate Kids and Help Them Learn by Myron Dueck

4.0

I have to admit, there were a few pills in this book that were hard to swallow. Dueck’s ideas and grading practices are transformative and completely different from what I grew up with. However, as I continued to read on, Dueck’s points started making more and more sense to me. Why do we use punitive grading practices that further hurt students in poverty or students with difficult home situations? Shouldn’t we grade students on their academic knowledge instead of their behaviors? As a future teacher, I hope to implement some of Dueck’s strategies is my own classroom.