Overview
- SFUSD’s proposed Grading for Equity model would have removed homework, quizzes and attendance from semester grades and centered evaluation on final exams with unlimited retakes.
- The draft policy set new thresholds—80% for an A, 41% for a C and 21% for a D—mirroring a system already used by nearby San Leandro Unified.
- Mayor Daniel Lurie, Reps. Ro Khanna and Kevin Kiley joined parents and teachers in denouncing the plan as a dilution of academic standards.
- Maria Su announced the pilot will not move forward next year to allow time for meaningful community engagement and to address questions and misinformation.
- Before the cancellation, the district had planned to vote on a $172,000 contract to train about 70 teachers under consultant Joe Feldman’s equitable grading framework.