News: Students' Grades
Chronic Absenteeism and the “Five Why’s”: Stop Chasing Symptoms and Start Tackling Solutions
This Blog highlights a long-standing crisis in our nation’s schools: chronically-absent students. It documents the incident rates of chronic absenteeism over the past decade, specifies the root causes...
Read Full ArticleLaundromats, Lawyers, Learning Loss, and Life: An Autobiographical Day in Education
This Blog described an autobiographical day in the educational life of a school psychologist who works nationwide as a consultant. He reflects on the harsh and sometimes fixed realities he observed in...
Read Full ArticleWhile Grades May Be Meaningful, It’s Still About the Skills: “Resolving” to Recognize that Report Cards are Less Meaningful than Student Mastery
This Blog reviews a major study demonstrating that high school grades across the country have been inflated from 2010 through 2022. At the same time, it emphasizes that grades are less important than...
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