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Farmington middle schools to separate personal skills from academic grades and standardize reporting cadence
Summary
District leaders described a new middle-school reporting plan that will use a consistent academic percentage split, a three-item "personal skills" rubric and scheduled progress checkpoints in the parent portal; teachers and students discussed clarity and transition concerns.
Chris Bussman, director of middle-level learning, told the board a teacher working group developed a revised learning-progress and reporting approach for both middle schools, aiming for more consistency and clearer information for families.
Bussman described a two-part reporting structure: academic content grades (formative and summative assessments) and a separate set of personal skills that support learning. On the academic side, the district will use a weighted breakdown—formative assessments will contribute 10% and summative assessments 90% of the academic grade—applied consistently across middle-school…
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