As I dig deeper into the "why" behind the program, I notice that I am having a difficult time assessing the students' work. A traditional letter grade seems inappropriate to me for most of the graphic organizers. I am going to try and align the work with state goals and have the kids revisit the graphic organizers until they can meet standards. Is this realistic? Is there a better way? Am I going to be making a million copies? I am just really struggling with the idea of giving something like "golden lines" a point value. What constitutes an A? a D? Help!
Keywords: assessment, plugged-in, plugged-in to reading, standards