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Exam committee proposes eliminating semester finals; board discusses grading system change and rounding policy
Summary
An exam committee recommended removing semester exams and counting grading periods differently; the board discussed grading software replacement after the state discontinued LiveGrades, debated teacher discretion to round grades, and agreed to revisit the committee’s guidelines in about a year.
An exam committee reported a proposal to eliminate traditional semester finals and instead weight grading periods differently; committee members recorded a strong majority in favor of the approach during their internal vote.
The committee’s written proposal would alter grading language and how final grades are calculated; the committee reported an internal vote (recorded in the meeting notes) of 22 in favor and 1 opposed for “no exams” with an alternative weighting model described to the board. The transcript shows committee members and teachers highlighted alternative assessments — portfolios and presentations — and noted that Advanced…
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