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Board hears plan for consistent grading, comprehensive assessments and Synergy rollout
Summary
Dr. Kathy Woods and staff outlined a district plan to align assessment and grading practices, integrate the Danielson framework, and implement the Synergy student information system and gradebook; district officials said the initiative should be operational by the 2025–26 school year.
Dr. Kathy Woods and district staff presented Everett Public Schools' initiative to establish consistent assessment and grading practices and to implement the Synergy student information system at the March 13, 2025, special meeting of the Everett Public Schools Board of Directors.
Woods told the board the work is intended to align assessment, grading and instructional practice: “Assessment is big. Grading is small,” she said, explaining the district’s view that assessments supply multiple data points while grades communicate progress toward course standards. The initiative links the district’s instructional vision, a revised Danielson Framework for teacher practice, MTSS, and the Synergy gradebook and…
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