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By Thomas R. Guskey, Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky originally published in The Lexington Herald Leader, May 16, 2022. Photo: World War II veteran and recipient of the Medal of Honor Hershel Woodrow Williams puts his hand over his heart during the invocation at the National...

By Thomas R. Guskey, Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky originally posted in Education Week, Finding Common Ground, February 8, 2022 Like many others, I’ve been amazed by the phenomenal rise in the popularity of the game Wordle. If you spend any time at all on Twitter, you’ve...

By Thomas R. Guskey, Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky originally posted in Solution Tree Blog, December 16, 2020 “Standardized testing” is one of the most frequently used yet most commonly misunderstood expressions in education today. Some consider standardized testing to be an important, foundational component in...

By  Thomas R. Guskey, Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky Originally posted in Education Week, Finding Common Ground, July 6, 2020 As schools look ahead to update grading policies when they reopen, one hotly debated issue is whether students should be given the opportunity to retake assessments. Proponents...

Thomas R. Guskey, Senior Research Scholar, University of Louisville Originally published in Ed Week, April 13, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to educators throughout the world. Schools have had to change entire instructional programs in widely varied contexts with inequitable access to technology...

Thomas R. Guskey, Senior Research Scholar, University of Louisville Originally published in Ed Week March 8, 2020 With schools around the world moving to online instruction in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, questions have been raised about adopting pass/fail grading. Advocates contend this would be fairer...