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A clear grading purpose = informed grading decisions. When teachers establish a focused grading purpose, students, parents, & school leaders can better understand & use grades effectively. #competencybasedgrading

Not all standards are created equal. Teachers should prioritize those with endurance, leverage, & readiness for the next level—ensuring students master the most critical skills. #competencybasedgrading

Looking forward to presenting at #CATE next week in Burlingame on 3 fundamental practices to achieve #clarity in the #ELA classroom: 1. unpack priority standards 2. create learning progressions 3. determine success criteria #sbg

I finished the novel Demon Copperhead last night, and I give it 5/5 stars. I found it to be a haunting, compelling novel that I couldn’t put down, but at times I didn’t want to continue—due to the topics of child poverty, child abuse, & opioid addiction in Appalachia.

Excited to present back-to-back sessions this morning in Burlingame, CA, @ #CATE ! 👉the 1st on clarity in the curriculum (grading adjacent) 👉the 2nd, along with Yvette Heasley, on #equity in grading & assessment

Beware of the DOK wheel of doom! Norman Webb, creator of DOK, warns that this deceptive resource is an extreme oversimplification of his framework. His short article explains provides concise, helpful definitions of each of the 4 levels. edutopia.org/article/how-us…

Let's admit it: there are TOO MANY #standards to teach in depth IF the goal is for ALL students to reach proficiency. So prioritization is the only way to maintain such a goal. Larry's Ainsworth's guidance: Prioritize about 1/3, and designate the rest as supporting standards.

A full agenda today working alongside Yvette Heasley to guide a really thoughtful & focused group of KHSD teachers from 8 school sites in #grading & #assessment reform. I'm looking forward to seeing action research results in May!

We love using Joe Feldman's white paper in our #grading & #assessment workshops to present empirical evidence for the use of equitable grading practices. It makes for great small group discussion!

Check out the the Fall 2024 issue, featuring a collection of original research from around the United States! ojed.org/JSARD/issue/vi…

A full agenda for this week's qualitative methods course. 📝🎓💪

I love this table—such an intuitive way to organize biases.

What Might Happen to State Testing Under the Trump Administration? edweek.org/teaching-learn…

Our new paper in Kappan was published this week: Busting myths about professional judgment and subjectivity in K-12 classroom assessment kappanonline.org/busting-myths-…

Here’s Why You Never Got an E on Your Report Card rd.com/article/no-e-g… (w/a quote from Thomas Guskey)

No paywalls, free PDF access including an article written by Paul Thomas

JSARD is pleased to present the Spring 2025 issue, the first issue in its tenth volume, which features four articles addressing four unique dimensions of K-12 educational leadership. No paywalls. PDF access --> ojed.org/JSARD/issue/vi… #OpenAccess #PeerReviewed

Our Spring 2025 articles address topics of PK organizational climate, instructional rigor, workplace spirituality, & Science of Reading movement. These papers each maintain a balance between empirical and practical––characterizing the aims of JSARD. 🔗 ojed.org/JSARD/issue/vi…

NEW: Navigating (another) reading crisis as an administrator: Rethinking the “science of reading” movement (JSARD) radicalscholarship.com/2025/05/28/new… via Paul Thomas

These 4⃣ Spring 2025 papers, although distinct in focus, each maintain a balance between the empirical and the practical––something that characterizes the aims of the Journal of School Administration Research and Development (JSARD). ojed.org/JSARD/issue/vi…