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Teachers, parents, students, administrators and community members all generally agree that we need better grading and reporting systems. Here is the first serious look at the issue to provide all involved with a coherent and thoughtful framework. The goal to develop a deeper and more reflective understanding of the various aspects of the subject, and to bring some organization and clarity to this topic.
List of contents
Introduction
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
About the author
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.
Summary
This work brings organization and clarity to a murky and disagreement-filled topic.
