| " It's Just Not Fair!" Making Sense of Secondary Students' Resistance to a Standards-Based Grading R Peters, J Kruse, T Buckmiller, M Townsley American Secondary Education 45 (3), 9-28, 2017 | 69 | 2017 |
| Getting high school students ready for college: A quantitative study of standards-based grading practices. M Townsley, M Varga Journal of Research in Education 28 (1), 92-112, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| Redesigning grading-districtwide M Townsley Educational leadership 71 (4), 68-71, 2013 | 36 | 2013 |
| Anticipating a second wave of standards-based grading implementation and understanding the potential barriers: Perceptions of high school principals M Townsley, T Buckmiller, R Cooper NASSP Bulletin 103 (4), 281-299, 2019 | 34 | 2019 |
| What Does the Research Say about Standards-Based Grading? A Research Primer. M Townsley, T Buckmiller Online Submission, 2016 | 31* | 2016 |
| Losing As and Fs: What works for schools implementing standards-based grading? M Townsley, T Buckmiller Educational Considerations 46 (1), 3, 2020 | 30 | 2020 |
| The impact of standards-based learning: Tracking high school students’ transition to the university TR Guskey, M Townsley, TM Buckmiller NASSP Bulletin 104 (4), 257-269, 2020 | 28 | 2020 |
| Considering standards-based grading: Challenges for secondary school leaders M Townsley Journal of School Administration Research and Development 4 (1), 35, 2019 | 28 | 2019 |
| Alternative grading practices: An entry point for faculty in competency‐based education M Townsley, D Schmid The Journal of Competency‐Based Education 5 (3), e01219, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Grading Principles in Pandemic-Era Learning: Recommendations and Implications for Secondary School Leaders. M Townsley Journal of School Administration Research and Development 5, 8-14, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
| Points, points, and more points: High school grade inflation and deflation when homework and employability scores are incorporated R Griffin, M Townsley Journal of School Administration Research and Development 6 (1), 1-11, 2021 | 19 | 2021 |
| Rural High School Principals and the Challenge of Standards-Based Grading T Buckmiller, M Townsley, R Cooper Theory and Practice in Rural Education 10 (1), 92-102, 2020 | 18 | 2020 |
| What is the difference between standards-based grading (or reporting) and competency-based education M Townsley Competency Works 11, 2014 | 17 | 2014 |
| Making Grades Matter: Standards-Based Grading in a Secondary PLC (A practical guide for PLCs and standards-based grading at the secondary education level) M Townsley, N Wear Solution Tree, 2020 | 15 | 2020 |
| Mastery-minded grading in secondary schools M Townsley School Administrator 75 (2), 16-21, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
| Debunking myths of standards-based grading J Wilcox, M Townsley The Science Teacher 90 (1), 29-33, 2022 | 12 | 2022 |
| School Administrators and Physical Educators: A Scoping Review of Perceptions and Partnerships From 2000 to 2020 S McNamara, M Townsley, K Hangauer Journal of school leadership 32 (2), 186-217, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
| Making Sense of Georgia School Leader Evaluation: Climate, Engagement and the District Office B Singh, M Townsley Georgia Educational Researcher 17 (1), 40, 2020 | 10 | 2020 |
| “I thought I was supposed to get an A in PE!” Successes and challenges of teachers and administrators implementing standards-based grading in physical education M Townsley, S McNamara Studies in Educational Evaluation 70, 101012, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| School Administrators' Experiences in a 6‐Month Health and Wellness Community of Practice M Townsley, J Waldron, S Alborn‐Yilek, D Schares, K Huckstadt, ... Journal of School Health 91 (10), 857-866, 2021 | 7 | 2021 |
Tom BuckmillerDrake University, Penn state universityVerified email at drake.edu
