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Middletown outlines new ‘grading for equity’ practices; middle school grades standardized, high school offers pathways
Summary
Instruction leaders presented grading reforms to standardize category weights, set a 50% minimum recorded grade for assignments at middle school, remove subjective 'soft skills' from gradebooks, and expand dual-enrollment opportunities; trustees asked for alignment with possible state assessment changes.
Middletown school leaders on Sept. 19 detailed a districtwide shift toward standardized, equity-focused grading meant to make grades more transparent and to measure mastery instead of compliance.
Middle-school leaders described three principal changes: (1) common categories and weights across classrooms (learning tasks, assessment tasks, performance tasks); (2) a minimum recorded score of 50% for any assignment entered in the gradebook to prevent single low grades from derailing a marking period; and…
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