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SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

SFUSD Superintendent’s Resolution

Adopting an Alternative Grading System For Spring 2020

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Resolution to Adopt an Alternative Grading System for Grades TK-12 for the 2020 Spring Semester

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Alternative Grading System for Spring 2020

• Board Meeting Directive

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What’s in the Resolution?

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Value and Validity of Grades

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Unequal Learning Loss

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Information gaps worsen equity gaps

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Concerns from CSU and UC Admissions over Automatic A’s6

(~40% of our graduating seniors in 2018-19 are currently attending one of these systems)

The Grading Policy

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Alternative Grading System for Spring 2020

What else we resolve

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Appendix

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• Digital Distance Approach

Non-Digital ‘Print-Based’ Distance Approach

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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.