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Medical-school grading bill draws opposition from UW and WSU faculty
Summary
Senate Bill 6251, which would require letter or tiered grades in Washington's public medical schools, drew opposition from clinical educators who said pass/fail and competency-based approaches promote collaboration and limit bias in subjective clinical evaluations.
The committee opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 6251 on Jan. 29. Staff summarized the measure as a requirement that public medical schools move to a tiered grading system with at least four designations (A–F-style tiers) for coursework and clinical evaluation.
Prime sponsor Senator Judy Warnick said the bill was brought to her as an idea and that supporters had signed in.…
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