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Indian Prairie CUSD 204 staff propose 80% summative / 20% formative grading model and fall pilot
Summary
District presenters recommended weighting summative assessments at 80% and formative assessments at 20% to center grades on mastery and reduce nonacademic influences; the board heard concerns about accountability, IEP/504 and multilingual students, retake policy, and asked for a fall pilot and further data before any districtwide requirement.
Dr. Louis Lee, a district administrator, and Montreen Johnson, assistant principal for curriculum and instruction at Waubonsee Valley High School, presented the grading steering committee's recommendations to the Indian Prairie CUSD 204 Board of Education on July 7, 2025, proposing that summative assessments represent roughly 80% of a student's course grade and formative assessments 20%.
The proposal, framed by the district's Portrait of a Graduate learning framework and the board's strategic plan, was developed by a cross-district steering committee and seven subcommittees that examined retakes, accommodations (IEP/504), multilingual learner supports, standards-based grading, the role of zeros and late work, formative and summative assessment definitions, and homework/extra credit.
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