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Gifted-program and grading debates surface as candidates differ over test scores
Summary
Candidates disagreed over whether Lindbergh—s gifted program criteria and grading changes have lowered standards, with incumbents defending current practices and challengers saying alternatives have diluted gifted identification and challenge classes.
Candidates at a League of Women Voters forum offered sharply different accounts of Lindbergh Schools— gifted program criteria, grading practices and how to interpret recent test results.
Julia Voss and Jennifer Miller, both incumbents, said Lindbergh—s policies preserve academic rigor while giving teachers better tools to measure student learning. "The MAPS scores are difficult to compare over years because the test changes," Voss said, adding that NWEA scores (a nationally normed assessment) show Lindbergh near the 80th percentile in reading and just under for math. Miller said the district has adopted new high-school and workforce offerings and balances…
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