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Authored Articles
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Nelson, S., O’Connor, K. (2021). “Assessing with Instructional Integrity Before, During, and After the Pandemic” AMLE Focus on the Middle.
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Nelson, S. (2017). “Keeping Students Afloat with a Lifeguard League” ASCD Road-Tested.
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Nelson, S. (2016). “Academic Lifeguards: Saving Students” AMLE Magazine, volume 4, number 1.
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Nelson, S. (2015). “What Do You Do With 11,000 Incompletes?” ASCD Express, volume 10, issue 20.
Content Contributions
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Nelson, S. (2021). Vignette. In D. Hill, Power of ICU, second edition (pp.157 - 162).
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Nelson, S. (2020). Course Content. In Power of ICU, Grade Cleanse Online Professional Learning.
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Nelson, S. (2018). Vignette. In K. O’Connor, How to Grade for Learning, (p.181).
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Nelson, S. (2016). Vignette. In T. Schimmer, Grading from the Inside Out, (pp.101-102).
Reading Recommendations
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Brick House: How to Defeat Student Apathy by Building a Brick House Culture by Danny Hill
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A Repair Kit for Grading: 15 Fixes for Broken Grades by Ken O'Connor
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Grading From the Inside Out: Bringing Accuracy to Student Assessment Through a Standards-Based Mindset by Tom Schimmer
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