Ken O'Connor Biography

Ken O'Connor is an independent consultant who specializes in student success communication, especially grading and reporting. He is an outspoken supporter of standards-based instruction, grading, and reporting. He has been a staff development presenter and facilitator in 47 states in the United States, 10 provinces and two territories in Canada, and 35 countries outside of North America since graduating from the University of Melbourne (B.A. Hon) and the University of Toronto (M. Ed). He's also a member of PowerSchool's Academic Advisory Board, where he advises them on how to connect the relevant aspects of their product with best practices in assessment, grading, and reporting. In 1967, he began a twenty-three-year teaching career as a geography teacher and department head at six schools in Toronto and Melbourne (Grades 7-12). From March 1990 until June 1999, Ken worked for the Scarborough Board of Education (formerly the Toronto District School Board) as a Curriculum Coordinator responsible for Student Assessment and Evaluation as well as Geography. From November 1998 to December 1999, he also worked part-time as a Secondary Assessment consultant for the Ontario Ministry of Education. How to Grade for Learning: Linking Grades to Standards, Fourth Edition is his book. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2018. Solution Tree, Bloomington, IN, 2013, The School Leaders Guide to Grading Fifteen Fixes for Broken Grades: A Repair Kit, Pearson, Toronto, 2012, and A Repair Kit for Grading: 15 Fixes for Broken Grades, Pearson, Boston, MA, 2011. Ken's articles have appeared in publications such as the NASSP Bulletin, Educational Leadership, and School Administrator.

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