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Blueharvest gradebook3/21/2023 ![]() The response from Christopher (a contestant on the show):Īfter seeing so many (including myself) highlight the inadequacy of averaged grades, the words of our county’s assistant superintendent come to mind: “If you offer a problem, you’d better be ready to suggest a solution.” That being said, here are a few alternatives to sole reliance on averaging student data to describe their competence, organized by the issues described in Part 2 of this “Why Average?” trilogy. The decision made perfect sense to me, but I’m a standards-based addict. I didn’t think there was a “bad” one in the bunch.Īpparently, the judges felt the same way: they decided that everyone “met par” on the challenge, and no one was Auf’d. After completing the challenge, the runway walk revealed the 9 designers’ dresses – all of which were pretty good. (SPOILER ALERT, for those who care about that kind of thing.) In episode 7, the task was to make a design that fit into an existing collection developed by Lord & Taylor, a reputable fashion company. Grade = In this case, a norm-referenced rating: Winner of the challenge, Top 3, “Safe” in the middle, Bottom 3, “Auf’d”.įast-forward to this past week.Feedback = The process of sharing these observations and judgements, while potentially suggesting some changes for future endeavors.Assessment = Observation of the products that resulted from this task, and judgement of the relative quality of that product.These terms get thrown around and conflated in education all the time – I thought maybe that applying them to this show would be a helpful way to distinguish them. This panelist interaction highlights for me the distinctions between tests and assessments, between feedback and grades. Every designer who has participated – whether they continue on or not – has ideally learned more about the skills and understanding it takes to make it in this business.Through deliberation, they then choose one designer as the winner, and one to be Auf’d. These panelists provide each “Top 3” and “Bottom 3” designer with both commendations and critical feedback.The final product gets assessed by a panel of fashion professionals, who judge the outfit accoding to some specified criteria along with their own professional opinion. ![]() ![]() ![]() Given parameters for a task, designers make a plan (for an outfit), gather resources to execute that plan, and develop the final product of a runway-ready outfit – usually within two days or so from soup to nuts.Normally, I end up watching the show through the lens of project-based learning and performance assessment. ![]()
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