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Salem board reviews high‑school grading pilot; administration recommends letter grade as unifying score
Summary
Board heard administration’s proposal to keep letter grades as the district’s unifying score while incorporating performance‑level descriptors from a rubric system; administrators will revise policy IKA and plan professional development before the fall semester.
Salem School District leaders briefed the board on May 13 about the high‑school grading pilot and proposed a path forward that would use letter grades as the district’s unifying score while adding performance‑level descriptors tied to rubric scoring.
Superintendent Mara Palmer and district staff described a multiyear pilot that moved several courses toward rubric‑based performance scoring and said the pilot grew beyond an intended trial. The administration proposed a hybrid that keeps letter grades and percentage ranges for reporting but attaches proficiency‑level descriptors so that rubric scores can translate to the same letter grade parents and colleges…
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