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SFUSD outlines expanded credit-recovery options and clarifies screening tool
Summary
SFUSD officials described new credit-recovery offerings (evening school, online courses) and said automated outreach and counselor meetings aim to help at-risk students; the district clarified that a new universal screening (Pearson Review360) is a teacher-observation tool, not psychological testing.
San Francisco Unified School District officials told the board the district has added credit-recovery options, including evening classes offered for the first time in four years and online courses, and has used automated calls and mailed letters to notify families about students’ graduation status and opportunities to make up credits. "We encourage all students and their parents to review their transcripts carefully and to discuss their progress with their school counselor," a district speaker said.
District staff said many families have already met with counselors to create individualized graduation plans, and urged families who received warning letters to consult school counselors promptly. Staff emphasized that the letters measured core-subject credits as of October 2012 and that families should check for updates.
On a separate point, staff addressed recent media coverage of the district’s universal screening effort, saying the tool (Pearson Review360) is a web-based teacher survey used to aggregate teacher observations of student behavior and is not a test or a psychological evaluation. "This universal screening is not a test, and it's not an evaluation of students or pupils, but rather it's a teacher survey that's used to collect teacher observations of pupil behavior," the presenter said. The district said the information will guide decisions about supplemental or intensive instruction and interventions and will be used to identify needs for additional supports.
The district encouraged families to visit counseling offices and the district website resources for up-to-date information about credit recovery and to discuss individual student plans with counselors.
The board did not take formal action on the presentation; staff said they would follow up with families and post materials in multiple languages on the SFUSD website.
