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Griffin, Robert; Townsley, Matt – Journal of School Administration Research and Development, 2021
With a strong movement of schools starting to use standards-based grading practices, one of the aims of this study was to learn if traditional grading practices communicate grades that are accurate based on the students' learning of the course objectives. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which employability and homework…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade Inflation, Homework, Employment Potential
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Townsley, Matt; Buckmiller, Tom; Cooper, Robyn – NASSP Bulletin, 2019
As secondary school leaders consider a shift toward standards-based grading (SBG) practices, they are no doubt weighing the odds of a successful implementation process. This research followed up on a study from 2014 to identify the challenges secondary school leaders experience when changing the currency of the classroom from points to learning.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grading, Student Evaluation, Program Implementation
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Guskey, Thomas R.; Townsley, Matt; Buckmiller, Thomas M. – NASSP Bulletin, 2020
This study sought to determine if the implementation of standards-based learning in high schools affects students' transition to learning in university courses. Surveys and interviews with 13 students who had graduated from high schools implementing standards-based learning and who had completed their first academic semester at a midsize, private,…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Readiness, Academic Standards, Student Adjustment
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Townsley, Matt; Varga, Matt – Journal of Research in Education, 2018
Some high schools are moving towards standards-based grading in an attempt to produce consistent grading practices; however, the change's impact on college readiness is not clear. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of high school's grading practices as it relates to ACT scores and grade point averages (GPAs). Existing data were…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Bound Students, College Readiness, Statistical Analysis