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Board splits on reading policy 5525 requiring book reports; committee recommends repeal for rework
Summary
A contentious discussion of proposed revisions to policy 55-25 (reading requirements for promotion) prompted board members and teachers' representatives to recommend either revising or repealing the policy and replacing it with a teacher-informed, evidence-based approach; the item was set for further action at the June 9 business meeting.
The Moore County Board of Education devoted a long, at times heated, portion of its June 2 work session to policy 55'25, a district policy that requires multiple written book'report assignments per year as evidence of reading and writing proficiency.
Policy committee members shared a teacher feedback summary gathered by district curriculum staff: teachers reported that the book'report assignment can require as much as two weeks of instructional time in a nine'week period, is difficult to grade with consistent fidelity, and sometimes yields limited instructional value when students choose previously read books, rely on external help, or use generated text. Some…
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