This website is maintained by high school teachers. We need to give space for middle school and lower school principals and teachers to give feedback.

That's why this section (the pages under this webpage) is dedicated to Bob Kaminski, a K-8 principal at Arco Iris School, for taking time to track down the Spanish edition of the Big Picture book...

and Omar Vasile, who has worked in middle and elementary schools. When the idea of "making a video to inspire teenagers to click on Scott Looney's IMAGINE A TRANSCRIPT video, Omar said, "Let's do it." He worked on the script and persuaded a group of 4th graders to act out a teen and pre-teen version of the pitch for the No Grades Transcript.

In 2018, it will be students in middle school and lower who will benefit from an early introduction to the "Focus on Skills."

Can you imagine what four years of high school would be like if there were no grades?

Using the grading system that some teachers at High Tech High use? Here is a reproduction of the grading system used by a teacher at HTH:

Each piece will be evaluated on PASS or FAIL.

If a piece or work meets expectations, it will go into the portfolio.

If it does not meet expectations, the students receive feedback, they will have time to make changes and resubmit the work.