December 2024: School Administrator
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Navigating the Legal Terrain of Grading DisputesFour strategies to steer school districts toward fairer student grading practices and away from litigation that’s become surprisingly common.
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Unintended Effects of ‘Equitable’ GradingResearch at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute suggests less-stringent grading practices in the name of equity may not be helping students in the longer run.
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Driving District Gains through the Nation’s Report CardSome urban school systems are using NAEP results to inform improvements in their districts and measure their progress against others.
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Tenure in the RoleChanging longevity in superintendent service over the years.
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AI Mockups and the Face of RealityOur ethics panel analyzes the appropriateness of asking for artwork with a darker skin tone for an AI model.
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Reviewing Non-Public Board Meeting MinutesBest processes for board members who miss official sessions to access documents after the fact.
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Can You Block the Public from Posting?How a recent court ruling impacts what board members may do in their personal use.
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Spectator Control May Dictate School Sports’ FateA national interscholastics athletics official believes school administrators must be more active to keep sideline behavior of fans under control.
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Substitute Teacher Support and Coordination
How a Northern California district is helping its smaller schools with recruiting fill-ins for classrooms.
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Testing Our Teaching: Embracing AssessmentRecognizing the applied value of student grading in evaluating classroom instruction.
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A Broader Lens for Assessing Student SuccessOur outdated grading framework needs to meet evolving needs of society and the workplace.
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John Malloy: Redefining Success Creates New OpportunitiesThe Leadership Network’s recent addition of a former California superintendent oversees multiple cohorts that are elevating the skills of school system administrators.
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Aligning a Justice Goal to Her ActionsThe superintendent in DeKalb, Ill., aligns her actions to her goals for justice.
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Editor's Note
Grading Directions
Student grading and progress reporting have been moving in new directions, some of them promising and some questionable and worthy of reconsideration. This month’s School Administrator touches on both fronts in ways that should matter to school leaders.
Our theme coverage opens with the fledgling use of mastery transcripts for high schoolers, which has a logical connection to school districts’ implementation of Portraits of a Graduate. Key figures involved in both initiatives are among this issue’s contributors.
So, too, is Matt Townsley, the author of several books on standard-based learning and grading, who offers some counsel on what to do when parents or others take public issue with these unfamiliar directions for assessing student learning. A surprising number of litigated cases involving educators’ handling of student grades is yet another focus this month.
Finally, we asked Adam Tyner, the research director of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, to raise relevant questions about practices undertaken in the name of equity grading.
Lots to mull over here, and we hope you’ll send us your reactions.
Jay P. GoldmanEditor, School Administrator
703-875-0745
jgoldman@aasa.org
@JPGoldman
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