Books you should read Part 1: Wormeli Fair Isn't Always Equal

     Rick Wormeli's Fair Isn't Always Equal is a fantastic book. The second edition builds on the first and has so much more useful information that it could have been its own edition.

    When teachers and educators ask me for advice on what to read to learn about fairness, feedback, and grading this is one of the first books I think of. I also remember that the second edition is the orange one and the first edition was blue.

    Chapter 19 is particularly useful it includes 13 recommendations for what to look for in a grading system.

• "Discern between formative and summative,"
• "Set up according to standards,"
• "Report behavior, effort, attendance and work habits separately,"

    These concepts have become commonplace in how teachers work but grading and reporting systems have been slow to catch up. The second edition of this book came out around 2018 and many of the suggestions are still not available in gradebooks.