Author: Joe Feldman

Can We Trust The Transcript?

Joe Feldman July 30, 2024

“Each year, millions of high school students are receiving grades that don’t represent what they actually know and have learned . . . Yet, they

How Are Group Grades Inequitable?

Joe Feldman May 30, 2024

Professional work environments in the 21st century are all about collaboration and teamwork. We want our students to learn important skills of working together: to

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Navigating Shared Decision-Making in Schools: The Complexities of Grading Policies

Joe Feldman April 11, 2024

Who makes decisions in schools? Principals frequently promote “shared decision-making” or “distributed leadership” as a signal to teachers that their voices matter. A principal knows

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The Tyranny of Grading Software

Joe Feldman January 15, 2024

How do electronic gradebooks undermine teachers’ professionalism and anchor them to an inaccurate and unfair grading system? Grading has come a long way from the

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Trusting Teachers’ Judgments

Joe Feldman December 11, 2023

“Doubting their own professional judgment, teachers often believe that grades calculated from statistical algorithms are more accurate and more reliable.”–Thomas R. Guskey Teachers, as trained

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Why worry about grading?

Joe Feldman November 17, 2022

With all of the pressures and demands on teachers, principals, and districts, why focus on improving how we grade? Grading is more than the final