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High school proposes weighted grading changes to boost national competitiveness
Summary
Derry Area High School presented a proposal to reweight honors and AP courses so students can earn higher GPA points and better reflect competitive college admissions; no board vote was taken at the meeting.
Derry Area High School teachers presented proposed changes to the high school's grading scale that would increase the weight for advanced courses and revise the conversion to the 4.0 scale used on college applications.
Miss Gardner told the board current Advanced Placement courses are weighted at 8%. The proposal would re-label certain advanced courses as honors and weight honors at 5% and AP at 10%.…
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