Grades are imperfect, shorthand answers to ""What did students learn, and how well?"" In How to Use Grading to Improve Learning, best-selling author Susan M. Brookhart guides educators at all levels in figuring out how to produce grades-for single assignments and report cards-that accurately communicate students' achievement of learning goals.

Brookhart explores topics that are fundamental to effective grading and learning practices:

• Acknowledging that all students can learn.
• Supporting and motivating student effort and learning.
• Designing and grading appropriate assessments.
• Creating policies for report card grading.
• Implementing learning-focused grading policies.
• Communicating with students and parents.
• Assessing school or district readiness for grading reform.