My professional article review is from the textbook Ahead of the Curve. I read chapter six “The Last Frontier: Tackling the Grading Dilemma by Ken O’Connor”. This chapter provides teachers with an understanding of how grading encourages competition rather than collaboration and results. Grading also promotes a culture of point accumulation, not learning. In this chapter, Ken O’Connor explains that in order to get grades that are accurate, meaningful, consistent, and supportive of learning, he outlines eight fundamental grading guidelines that will move traditional grades to standards-based. Teachers need to know and understand on how to use the grading system in order to be supportive of students and promote meaningful learning. My personal
