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Parents and community members praise board vote to end standard-based grading for grades 6–12 and press for wider rollback
Summary
Several parents and community members at the Elmwood Park CUSD 401 Board of Education meeting praised the board’s recent decision to pause or end standard-based grading (SBG) for middle- and high-school students and urged the district to address implementation problems at the elementary level.
Several parents and community members at the Elmwood Park CUSD 401 Board of Education meeting praised the board’s recent decision to pause or end standard-based grading (SBG) for middle- and high-school students and urged the district to address implementation problems at the elementary level.
The public-comment speakers said the board had acted in students’ interests by moving away from SBG at Elmwood Park High School and Elm Middle School. Parent/commenter Damien said he wanted to “congratulate all the students” and thanked the board “for voting to end standard based grading at the middle school and high school levels.”
Why it matters: Parents said the board’s action will affect…
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