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District team recommends dropping class rank on transcripts; public forums to be held next week
Summary
High‑school leaders told the board that recent state changes to weighted credit have made class rank inequitable and recommended removing class rank from Bentonville transcripts effective immediately; they will hold two public forums next week and return in October with a recommendation for action.
High‑school leaders presented research to the board and recommended eliminating the reporting of class rank on Bentonville School District transcripts effective immediately.
The presentation outlined how recent state rule changes — including immediate weighted credit for concurrent college courses and other accelerated learning courses — have created cohort‑to‑cohort inequities that cannot be remedied at the district level because the weighting rules are set by the…
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