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Teachers, parents, students, administrators, and community members all agree that we need better grading and reporting systems. Often, these systems are inadequate because they are part of a tradition that can go unexamined and unquestioned for years. Here is the first serious look at the issue, written to provide all those involved ??? especially teachers ??? with a coherent and thoughtful framework.
Guskey and Bailey offer four pillars of successful grading and reporting systems:
Written to help readers develop a deeper and more reflective understanding of the various aspects of the subject, Thomas Guskey and Jane Bailey??'s work brings organization and clarity to a murky and disagreement-filled topic.
Here is a practical and essential guide for teachers, administrators or anyone concerned with understanding and implementing best practices in grading and reporting systems.
Show moreTeachers, parents, students, administrators, and community members all agree that we need better grading and reporting systems. Often, these systems are inadequate because they are part of a tradition that can go unexamined and unquestioned for years. Here is the first serious look at the issue, written to provide all those involved ??? especially teachers ??? with a coherent and thoughtful framework.
Guskey and Bailey offer four pillars of successful grading and reporting systems:
Written to help readers develop a deeper and more reflective understanding of the various aspects of the subject, Thomas Guskey and Jane Bailey??'s work brings organization and clarity to a murky and disagreement-filled topic.
Here is a practical and essential guide for teachers, administrators or anyone concerned with understanding and implementing best practices in grading and reporting systems.
Show moreIntroduction
Defining the Impetus for Change
Exploring the History of Grading and Reporting
Laying a Foundation for Change
Building a Grading and Reporting System
Grading and Reporting Methods I
Letter Grades, Percentage Grades and Other Categorical Grading
Grading and Reporting Methods II
Standards-Based, Pass/Fail, Mastery Grading and Narratives
Grading and Reporting for Students with Special Needs
Special Problems in Grading and Reporting
Model Reporting Forms
Guidelines for Developing Effective Reporting Systems
Thomas R. Guskey, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the College of
Education at the University of Kentucky. A graduate of the
University of Chicago’s renowned Measurement, Evaluation, and
Statistical Analysis (MESA) program, he began his career in
education as a middle school teacher, served as an administrator in
the Chicago Public Schools, and was the first Director of the
Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning, a national
educational research center. He is the author/editor of
twenty-seven books and over three hundred articles published in
prominent research journals as well as Educational Leadership,
Kappan, and The School Administrator.
Dr. Guskey served on the Policy Research Team of the National
Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, and on the task force
to develop the National Standards for Professional Development. He
was named a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association
and was awarded the Association’s prestigious Relating Research to
Practice Award. He was also awarded Learning Forward′s Outstanding
Contribution to the Field Award and Phi Delta Kappan′s
Distinguished Educator Award. Perhaps most unique, in the 158-year
history of his undergraduate institution, Thiel College, he is one
of only three graduates to receive the Outstanding Alumnus Award
and be inducted into the Thiel College Athletic Hall of Fame.
His most recent books include Implementing Mastery Learning (2023),
Instructional Feedback: The Power, the Promise, the Practice (with
Smith & Lipnevich, 2023); Get Set, Go! Creating Successful Grading
and Reporting Systems (2020), What We Know About Grading (with
Brookhart, 2019), and On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of
Grading and Reporting (2015). He may be contacted by email at
guskey@uky.edu, Twitter at @tguskey, or at www.tguskey.com.
Jane Bailey grew up in Chelsea, Michigan, earned her bachelor′s and
master′s degrees at Michigan State University, and embarked on her
career in public education teaching English and reading at Petoskey
High School in Petoskey, Michigan. She went on to serve as high
school principal in Alanson and Harbor Springs, Michigan; as staff
development coordinator at the Char-Em Intermediate School District
in Charlevoix, Michigan; and as director for curriculum and staff
development for the Petoskey Public Schools, from which she retired
in 2008. She was a nationally known education consultant, a gifted
presenter, and co-author of three books on education. Bailey was
admired by many as a role model and served as a mentor to numerous
young educators. She was a dedicated wife, a proud mother, and the
very best of friends. Her kindness, charm, keen sense of humor, and
irrepressible spirit inspired everyone who knew her. She left the
world a better place because of her passion for life, her
dedication to public education, and her commitment to excellence in
teaching.
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