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Board members raise concerns about grade inflation and call for a grading-quality task force
Summary
Board members questioned apparent mismatch between high school graduation honors and lower performance on state assessments, and several members proposed creating a task force to study grading practices and assessment alignment.
Several board members at the Berkeley County Schools meeting pressed administrators about an apparent discrepancy between high numbers of graduating students receiving honors and lower assessment mastery earlier in students—career, and suggested the board form a task force to evaluate high-school grading practices.
Why it matters: board members said the board sees large numbers of students graduating with honors yet noted lower performance on state and diagnostic…
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