In the 7th grade class, Mr. Homan frequently would use exit slips at the end of the period.  It seemed like this is a good way to get students to reflect on what they’ve learned today, and it has the added benefit of seeing who was there and paying attention.  What I thought was a bit crazy was that he now had 75 exit slips to grade, and that was just for the seventh grade.  Even going through and giving each of them a check plus or minus and recording the grade would take a long time, and it’s for a grade that maybe isn’t that important.  Does the benefit of assigning exit slips outweigh the time that the teacher has to invest in grading them?