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Eau Claire district outlines multi-year rollout of standards-based grading for secondary schools
Summary
District leaders told the school board they plan to implement standards-based grading in middle and high schools in 2026–27, citing multi-year curriculum work, teacher task forces and a new student information system to support the change.
Executive Director Van Fleet and Michelle Radke laid out a multi-year plan on standards-based grading at the Eau Claire Area School Board meeting, saying the shift is part of a broader Equitable Multi-Level System of Support (EMLSS) the district has built since 2021. Van Fleet said the presentation aimed to have trustees “understand the problem we are solving” and to show the district’s preparation for a measured rollout.
The presenters said the change is not a single policy tweak but a system-level redesign that aligns curriculum, assessment, instruction and reporting. Radke, who led secondary implementation planning, said the district set 2026–27 as the target implementation year for middle and high schools and has been using a staged…
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