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Bentonville High team recommends ending class rank on transcripts; public forums planned
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District academic leaders presented research showing class rank disadvantages students in arts and concurrent coursework and recommended removing class rank from transcripts; two public forums are scheduled to gather community input before an October recommendation.
Bentonville School District high‑school leaders on Tuesday recommended removing reported class rank from student transcripts, saying recent state changes to weighting rules and the growing mix of concurrent and accelerated courses have created distortions that disadvantage some students.
Laura Pate, an AP English teacher at Bentonville High School, and district staff told the board the high‑school academic advisory committee has studied class rank since 2017, interviewed principals from high‑performing districts and concluded that…
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