march webinar for students with disabilities

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Subject: March Webinar::Grading Practices for Students with Disabilities

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> March Advocate Academy Webinar: " Equitable, Effective and Meaningful

> Grading Practices for Students with Disabilities " presented by Dennis D.

> Munk, Ed.D.

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> Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007

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> Time: 2:00 to 3:30 PM ET (1:00 to 2:30 PM CT, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM PT)

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> Cost: Affordably priced at just $60.00. Your purchase provides

> participation in the live event (via conference call and the Web) plus

> unlimited access to the Webinar archive and related materials.

> Participants also receive a complimentary copy of " Solving the Grading

> Puzzle for Students with Disabilities " , a $35.00 value.

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> Online ordering: http://www.advocacyinstitute.org/shop/Webinars.html

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>>>About the Webinar

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> Evaluating and grading student performance is a complex and controversial

> practice for all students, but is especially so for students receiving

> special education services. The challenges associated with grading

> students with disabilities often raise a variety of questions:

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>> Shouldn't grades be based only on how much a student has learned?

>> Aren't grading adaptations just another way to " water down " the general

>> education curriculum so that students with disabilities can get higher

>> grades?

>> Is if fair to use grading adaptations for some students?

>> How can grades re reported to truly communicate effort and achievement?

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> This presentation will describe common issues and concerns regarding

> grading students with exceptionalities, including increased risk of low or

> failing grades, and the indiscriminate use of special grading procedures

> that may not be useful. Strategies for assessing the accuracy, fairness,

> and usefulness of grades and grading systems will be described, as will a

> process for making appropriate grading adaptations.

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> Time is allotted for Q & A during the Webinar, so you can ask any

> questions you have.

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>>>About the Presenter

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> Dennis D. Munk is Professor of Education at Carthage College in Kenosha,

> Wisconsin. He holds an M.A. in Clinical Psychology and a Doctorate in

> Special Education from Northern Illinois University. From 2001-2003, Dr.

> Munk directed research funded by the U.S. Department of Education on

> grading strategies for students with disabilities included in regular

> education classrooms. He has published several articles, a book, and a

> resource binder on the topic of grading issues and strategies for students

> with disabilities.

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>>>Space is limited. Easy, secure online purchasing of this event is

>>>available at: http://www.advocacyinstitute.org/shop/Webinars.html

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