Assessment and Grading Templates

Mostly no. Their job is to show you what to teach next, and students take more risks when a quick check does not count. Give feedback instead, and save grades for summative work.

Assessment is any check of what students know, and much of it is never graded. Grading turns some of that evidence into a mark for the record. Every grade comes from an assessment, but not every assessment needs a grade.

Diagnostic assessment before teaching, to find the starting point; formative assessment during teaching, to adjust; and summative assessment at the end, to measure. Self- and peer assessment let students judge work against the goal too.

A checklist asks whether each item is there: yes or no. A rubric describes levels of quality for each criterion, so it shows how well something was done. Use a checklist for steps and a rubric for quality.

Whenever tomorrow's lesson depends on today's, which for a new skill is most days. Keep each one to one or two questions, so you can sort a class set in a few minutes.

Yes. EMStudio's online gradebook calculates grades for you with your own grading scale and weighted categories. Mark work as missing, late or excused, and students see their grades and your feedback in their own portal.