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Teachers urge board to revisit end-of-quarter grading rule, saying workload and academic readiness suffer
Summary
A teacher and union-affiliated commenter told the board that a new policy preventing teachers from stopping acceptance of student work shortly before quarter end increases grading burdens and may reduce academic rigor.
A Baltimore City Public Schools teacher asked the board to reconsider a district rule that bars teachers from closing gradebooks one or two days before the end of a quarter, arguing the change increases grading workload and undermines accountability.
Jocelyn Providence, a teacher and Be More member, told commissioners the district's end-of-quarter grading change allows students to submit large amounts of late work in the final days of a term. "This makes that grading workload unmanageable for teachers, and this does not properly prepare students,"…
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