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Third-grade teacher asks Raleigh County board to add numerical grades to elementary report cards
Summary
Amanda Sammons Meadows, a Maxwell Hill third-grade teacher, urged the board to print numerical scores alongside letter grades on grades 1–5 report cards to show student growth and provide parents clearer context. She said the district’s system can display both and asked the board to act before report cards are sent home.
Amanda Sammons Meadows, a third-grade teacher at Maxwell Hill Elementary, told the Raleigh County Schools Board that elementary report cards would better show student growth if numerical scores accompanied letter grades.
"I'm asking you to consider adding the numerical grade onto the elementary report cards," Meadows said, describing situations where a student whose score rose from 70 to 79 is shown the same letter grade (C) and loses an opportunity…
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