1 SFUSD Superintendent’s Resolution Adopting an Alternative Grading System For Spring 2020 SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
2 San Francisco Unified School District Resolution to Adopt an Alternative Grading System for Grades TK-12 for the 2020 Spring Semester ● ● ○ ● ● ● SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Alternative Grading System for Spring 2020
3 Board Meeting Directive ● ● ● Alternative Grading System for Spring 2020
4 What’s in the Resolution? Alternative Grading System for Spring 2020
5 Value and Validity of Grades ● ○ ○ ○ ● ○
6 Unequal Learning Loss
7 Information gaps worsen equity gaps ● ○ ○ ● ○
Concerns from CSU and UC Admissions over Automatic A’s 6 8 (~40% of our graduating seniors in 2018-19 are currently attending one of these systems)
9 The Grading Policy Alternative Grading System for Spring 2020
10 What else we resolve Alternative Grading System for Spring 2020
11 Appendix SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
● 12 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Digital Distance Approach Non-Digital ‘Print-Based’ Distance Approach
13 Examples from other districts & states ● ○ ● ○ ○ ○ ● ○ ○ ○ ○
2019-2020 Interim Class Grades* Distribution by Subgroups The linked report disaggregates Interim grades by subject area, student grade level and group. It details the % of Ds/Fs. Example of a pattern: Over 1700 students have an interim grade of F in ELA. Disaggregating by subgroups, these are the patterns that we see: more than half of the students (less than 900) who currently have an F in ELA are Hispanic/Latinx. For African American students, less than 200 currently have an F in ELA. Disaggregating for our other underserved populations, less than 20 students with an interim grade of an F in ELA are in foster care and less than 100 are homeless. *Interim class grades are defined as grades from marking period 3 for middle school and marking period 4 for high schools.
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