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St. Joseph district to roll out 5% weight for end‑of‑course exams after committee recommendation
Summary
District administrators told the board they will set end‑of‑course (EOC) exams to count for 5% of course grades this year as a phased rollout, after a committee recommended adding weight to increase student accountability; board members asked for safeguards and clearer grading practices.
The St. Joseph School District announced at its board meeting that end‑of‑course (EOC) exams will account for 5% of the course grade in a phased rollout beginning this year, district academic staff said.
Miss Studer, academic services lead, summarized work by the academic service team and an academics committee survey of teachers that showed concern about student seriousness on EOC assessments. "The district will communicate to our families and our students that the end of courses will account for 5% of the course grade," she said, and described a plan to adapt Lee's Summit cut‑score model for district use while monitoring…
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