Assistant Principal
English Landing Elementary School
Prairie Point Elementary School
Kansas City, Missouri
Brad Weston
Principal
Fairdale High School
Fairdale, Kentucky
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Table of Contents
Reproducible pages are in italics.
This Book’s Organization and Audience
| PART I | Assess Problems With Traditional Grading Practices |
Education, Employment, and Poverty
Flawed Grading Practices and Policies
Formative and Summative Assessment Weaknesses
Skewed Averages
Summary
Reflection Questions
How Poverty Creates Variables That Affect Achievement
Literacy and Income
Geographical Mobility
Absenteeism and Dropout Rates
Summary
Reflection Questions
| PART II | Implement Solutions to the Problems |
Improve Grading Practices and Policies
Standards-Based Grading
Averaging
Homework
Summary
Reflection Questions
Effectively Address Poverty and Its Variables
School Programs
Early Literacy Instruction
Mentors and Peer Tutors
Growth Mindset
Gradual Release of Responsibility
Summary
Reflection Questions
The Master Schedule
Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Alternative School Schedules
Summary
Reflection Questions
Reflection Questions
About the Authors
Robert Lynn Canady, EdD, is professor emeritus and former chair in the Education Leadership, Foundations and Policy department at the University of Virginia. He has taught grades 6 through 12 and served as principal of elementary, middle, and junior high schools in Tennessee and Kentucky. He also served