Assess for Success Consulting Inc

Assess for Success Consulting Inc Assess for Success Consulting is Ken O'Connor's consulting company. Ken O'Connor, a.k.a. He has also designed eleven guidelines for standards-based reporting.

Assess for Success Consulting (Ken O'Connor) focusses on issues and concerns about communicating student learning through effective grading and reporting practices and guidelines. He is available to consult with schools, districts, teachers K-16 on issues related to communicating student learning. He is available for site visits from late April to December each year and he is available for webinars and Skype type sessions throughout the year. The Grade Doctor, is an independent consultant who specializes in issues related to the communication of student achievement, especially grading and reporting. Through books and articles, presentations and working with small groups Ken helps individuals, schools and school districts to improve communication about student achievement. In 1995 Ken developed eight guidelines for grading, and he has continued to refine those guidelines. In 2007 the same ideas were organized into fifteen fixes for broken grades. He is now generally acknowledged to be one of a small group of leading experts on how to grade and report effectively

06/09/2024

Good news - Here is an update I received today. My "Repair Kit for Grading" is on Amazon.ca now. It's just the book and not the discussion guide.

04/29/2024

Assess for Success appears to have control of my person al page. What do I have to do to get control back so that I can post on my personal page?

02/29/2024

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 11:00 AM Central Daylight Time

CANADIAN EDUCATORS HELP IS NEEDED. I have too many boxes of books in my office and they are only on sale for another 4 d...
09/26/2022

CANADIAN EDUCATORS HELP IS NEEDED. I have too many boxes of books in my office and they are only on sale for another 4 days so now is the time to order with a 20%+ discount - $29 each for 10 or more, $34 each for 1-9 plus postage. Order NOW from [email protected].

Back-to-school in Canada tomorrow so time for action while the September sale is on - ordering “A Repair Kit for Grading: 15 Fixes for Broken Grades,” Third Edition, published May 23rd, 2022 I hope as I have too many in my office!

$C34 each for 1-9 books, $C29 each for 10 or more. Postage varies from $C18-24 for 1 book to $C5/book for 5. The best deal is $C29/book for 10 books plus $C50 postage, a total of $C340, net price per book $34, $11 per book less than the regular price for one book. Please order at [email protected].

Sale in the US also – order from Amazon or for large quantities from First Educational Resources.

Back-to-school in Canada tomorrow so time for action while the September sale is on - ordering “A Repair Kit for Grading...
09/05/2022

Back-to-school in Canada tomorrow so time for action while the September sale is on - ordering “A Repair Kit for Grading: 15 Fixes for Broken Grades,” Third Edition, published May 23rd, 2022 I hope as I have too many in my office!

$C34 each for 1-9 books, $C29 each for 10 or more. Postage varies from $C18-24 for 1 book to $C5/book for 5. The best deal is $C29/book for 10 books plus $C50 postage, a total of $C340, net price per book $34, $11 per book less than the regular price for one book. Please order at [email protected].

Sale in the US also – order from Amazon or for large quantities from First Educational Resources.

I know this is a political article and some may question posting it here but it shows how critically important grades ca...
08/28/2022

I know this is a political article and some may question posting it here but it shows how critically important grades can be and why standards-based grading is so important.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3615274-judge-who-denied-florida-teen-an-abortion-citing-grades-loses-reelection/?fbclid=IwAR1-fWUqsTD2GHeRvZMR95eKJxuKRWBBirY3GfyvU2010KyKz82l7nNciXc

A state judge who, in a highly publicized case, denied a 17-year-old an abortion in part because of her grades lost his election in a Florida primary on Tuesday. Jared Smith, who was appointed to F…

Because it worked doesn't make it a good procedure! Grades/Credits should be about (evidence of) achievement, not seat t...
08/09/2022

Because it worked doesn't make it a good procedure! Grades/Credits should be about (evidence of) achievement, not seat time.

In 2016, Norway instituted a policy meant to curb student absences in high school. Students who missed more than 10% of instructional hours in any given subject would not receive a final grade in the course, effectively flunking it. Despite heavy pushback from students, the change had its intended e...

Canadian Educators time to order the Third Edition of the "Repair Kit" to receive it before the start of school. I have ...
08/08/2022

Canadian Educators time to order the Third Edition of the "Repair Kit" to receive it before the start of school. I have lots of copies in my home office. I'm at home all this week and then away all next week but I'll mail any orders I receive by the 12th no later than the 13th. The price for the book is $C45 plus shipping or $C39 plus shipping for orders of 15 or more. Shipping will vary from $C18-24 for one book depending on your location to $C4.70 per book for 5 books.HST will be added if you don’t indicate that you are HST exempt. Place your orders at [email protected].

Place your Canadian orders for the third edition of "A Repair Kit for Grading; 15 Fixes for Broken Grades" with me at ke...
07/27/2022

Place your Canadian orders for the third edition of "A Repair Kit for Grading; 15 Fixes for Broken Grades" with me at [email protected]. I can mail books on July 27 and 28th but not from July 29th to August 5th.
Eight Canadian educators (Shannon Schinkel, Tom Schimmer, Katie White, Josh Ogilvie, Tanya De Hoog, John Stephens, Phil Stringer and Kristy Dolha) have Educator Vignettes in the book!!!!

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