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Lodi Unified outlines new sixth-grade report card, shifts to letter grades and Aeries integration
Summary
Lodi Unified presented a year-long committee’s plan to replace sixth-grade rubric scores with a letter-grade report card aligned to middle/high-school practice, integrated with the Aeries gradebook and accompanied by teacher training and parent outreach starting this summer. Board members pressed for rubrics, SDC guidance and clear parent communication before policies change.
Lodi Unified School District staff on Monday presented a yearlong committee’s plan to change how sixth graders are graded and reported, moving from a rubric-style profile to a traditional A–F letter-grade report card that will populate directly from the district’s Aeries gradebook.
Susan Peterson, the district’s director of education, said the committee — made up of sixth-grade teachers, instructional coaches and coordinators — spent a full year developing the document to “reflect student progress toward the California Common Core State Standards” and to smooth the transition from elementary to secondary expectations. “We are moving away from the previous rubric-style profile scoring and moving toward a traditional letter grade system that aligns with middle and high school practices,” Peterson said.
The change, staff said, is intended to…
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