Art Quote by Carrie Brownstein

“Grading doesn’t make my students better writers. Lots of practice coupled with meaningful feedback makes my students better writers.”

— Kelly Gallagher

At UCLA I quickly learned the knack of getting grades, a craven surrender to custom, since grades had little to do with learning.

— Hugh Nibley

On assessment: measure what you value instead of valuing only what you can measure.

— Andy Hargreaves

It's very difficult for me to evaluate my own stuff.

— Carole King

“When it comes to the discipline of writing, grades create utter chaos for students and teachers. —Katherine Bomer, Hidden Gems, p. 150 Grading”

— Patty McGee

“Formative assessments nurture hope and say to students, 'You might not get this yet, but you will. Here is something else you can try…

— Cris Tovani

I just couldn't make the grade as a hack-that, like everything else, requires a certain practiced excellence.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I wanted to go to a liberal arts college, I wanted to have that experience.

— Mandy Patinkin

“If we think of grades as an opportunity to shine a light on what we value in the whole of writing and for the…

— Patty McGee

It got so bad that by the time I was graduated, the only reading I did was in order to get the grade and…

— R. A. Salvatore

Most things that I write are in very specific forms. A score will have a shape and profile, and then the more emotional and…

— Alan Menken

I go to a school where the students are higher than their grades.

— Alisa Gattus