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Grading guides
Everything here is the practical half of grading: how to get through a stack faster, how to build a rubric that two graders score the same way, and what to write on a paper so the student does something with it. Written by a full-time professor. No sign-up, no email.
- How to Grade Essays FasterNine habits that cut a 15-minute essay to 8 minutes without lowering your standards. With the arithmetic that shows where your weekend goes.Guide
- How to Make a RubricSix steps from assignment prompt to a rubric students can read, with the one wording rule that makes scores defensible.Guide
- Holistic vs. Analytic RubricsWhat each one is, a side-by-side on the same assignment, and when each is the right call.Guide
- 36 Essay Feedback ExamplesCopy-ready comments organized by problem: thesis, evidence, structure, analysis, conclusions, and error patterns.Comment bank
- Report Card Comments for Writing45 comments across elementary, middle, and high school, at three performance levels, written so parents can tell they are about their child.Comment bank
- Grading Essays in Google DocsA workflow that uses version history, comment shortcuts, and the outline pane to grade a class set in one sitting.Guide
- Grading Discussion Posts Without Losing Your WeekNinety items a week is the real number in an online course. How to design and grade threads so it stays sane.Guide
- How Long Does Grading Actually Take?The honest per-paper math by assignment type, and where the minutes really go.Guide
- How to Grade Handwritten Work DigitallyGetting paper submissions into a digital workflow without retyping anything.Guide
- The Single Point RubricOne column describing proficiency, two open columns for feedback. What it is, when it wins, and a template to copy.Guide
- Feedback That Gets UsedThe habits that produce revision instead of a glance at the grade: fewer comments, anchored to lines, one action each.Guide
- How to Grade Group Work FairlySplit the grade, make contributions traceable, and the free rider problem mostly dissolves before it starts.Guide
- How to Grade ParticipationTurn participation from an impression into a count, with fair routes for quiet students.Guide
- A Late Work Policy That WorksThree policies that survive contact with a real classroom, with syllabus wording included.Guide
- How to Tell If a Student Wrote ItThe signals that hold up, the ones that don't, and the conversation that settles it without an accusation.Guide
- Standards-Based Grading, ExplainedHow the 1-4 scale works, what it fixes, what it costs, and the conference explanation that works.Guide
- Math Report Card Comments45 examples across elementary, middle, and high school at three performance levels.Comment bank
- Reading Report Card Comments45 examples that name which part of reading they mean: decoding, fluency, comprehension, or analysis.Comment bank
- End of Year Report Card Comments30 comments that summarize growth, look ahead, and close the year without boilerplate.Comment bank
- Kindergarten Report Card Comments30 warm, specific comments for the families reading their first-ever school report.Comment bank
- 40 Positive Comments That Aren't "Great Job"Praise that carries information, organized by what you are praising: thinking, craft, growth, habits.Comment bank
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