Engaging Parents and Families in Grading Reforms

About Thomas R. Guskey

Thomas R. Guskey PhD is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. A graduate of the University of Chicagos renowned Measurement Evaluation and Statistical Analysis (MESA) program he began his career in education as a middle school teacher served as an administrator in the Chicago Public Schools and was the first Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning a national educational research center. He is the author/editor of twenty-seven books and over three hundred articles published in prominent research journals as well as Educational Leadership Kappan and The School Administrator.   Dr. Guskey served on the Policy Research Team of the National Commission on Teaching and Americas Future and on the task force to develop the National Standards for Professional Development. He was named a Fellow in the American Educational Research Association and was awarded the Associations prestigious Relating Research to Practice Award. He was also awarded Learning Forwards Outstanding Contribution to the Field Award and Phi Delta Kappans Distinguished Educator Award. Perhaps most unique in the 158-year history of his undergraduate institution Thiel College he is one of only three graduates to receive the Outstanding Alumnus Award and be inducted into the Thiel College Athletic Hall of Fame.   His most recent books include Implementing Mastery Learning (2023) Instructional Feedback: The Power the Promise the Practice (with Smith & Lipnevich 2023); Get Set Go! Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems (2020) What We Know About Grading (with Brookhart 2019) and On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting (2015). He may be contacted by email at guskey@uky.edu Twitter at @tguskey or at www.tguskey.com.