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Johnston County Schools adopts new elementary grading scales for 2025–26
Summary
The Johnston County Board of Education heard details of changes to elementary grading practices for the 2025–26 school year, moving K–2 to a 1–4 standards-based indicator and grades 3–5 to a 10-point scale, with guidance on special-area reporting and staff training.
Paige Barnes, executive director of elementary education, told the Johnston County Board of Education that the district will implement new elementary grading practices for the 2025–26 school year intended to make grades “clear, fair, and meaningful.” Barnes said the changes came from feedback from parents, guardians, educators and students. The new system keeps standards-based grading for kindergarten through grade 2 but replaces letter or narrative markers with a numeric indicator of 1–4,…
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