Re: Grade Distribution

[Marji Morris <mmorris@salemschools.com>]

i don't know your principal, but  i would try to take it at face value 
(and not as a criticism). What DOES it tell you? do you have mostly A's? 
B;'s? F's? as an educator concerned about student success, are your 
assessments too generous? are your assessment tools too difficult? are 
you trying to assess students or "catch" them unprepared?
marji

Ellen Andresen wrote:
> Our principal has given each teacher a copy of their grade 
> distribution for the first marking period and asked the teachers to 
> analyze them.  No other directions were given.  
>
> I am at a loss!  Is this usual practice?  What would/should I learn? 
>  What is the principal trying to learn?
>
> I'm relying on the collective experience of this group!
>
> Ellen Andresen