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SFUSD board adopts spring 2020 alternative grading system, opts for credit/no-credit for grades 6–12
Summary
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted to adopt an alternative grading policy for spring 2020 that uses credit/no-credit for grades 6–12 and comments-only reports for TK–5, while directing staff to report on distance-learning progress and develop credit-recovery plans and supports for vulnerable students.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education on April 27 adopted an emergency grading policy for the spring 2020 semester that aims to "hold students harmless" amid the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution directs teachers to use comments-only report forms for TK–5 and to assign credit/no-credit for grades 6–12, with limited opportunities to convert a no-credit to credit by set deadlines.
District staff framed the decision as a response to incomplete information and widening inequities caused by remote instruction. "In the first week of launching the Family Resource Link, 251 tickets were created," Superintendent Dr. Matthews told the board in his opening report, citing the district—s efforts to support families during distance learning. Staff researchers and assessment leaders told commissioners that learning gaps are likely to widen when schools are disrupted and that grades serve multiple purposes — for instruction, feedback and placement — complicating a one-size-fits-all response.
The resolution, as approved, includes several…
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