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Board committee weighs counting End‑of‑Course exams in grades; agrees to pilot 5% weighting
Summary
At a curriculum committee meeting, Board President Natalia Lutz and staff reviewed teacher and student feedback on End‑of‑Course (EOC) assessments and proposed grading changes. The committee indicated consensus to pilot a 5% course weight for EOCs and to add EOC results to transcripts while staff studies impacts and timing.
Board President Natalia Lutz led a curricular review of End‑of‑Course (EOC) assessments and proposed changes to how the district records and weights those results. Staff presented Missouri EOC blueprints and district alignment, teacher survey findings and student input, and the academic services team outlined three action steps including a student recognition system and a plan to include EOC results on transcripts.
"We always put students first," Lutz said as she opened the discussion, framing the proposed steps as an effort to "keep student learning growth and equity at the center of decisions." Staff described teacher survey results from 26 respondents showing mixed views of how seriously students take EOCs; the report said 46.2% of the responding teachers called student seriousness "not very seriously" and another 46.2% called it "somewhat seriously," and 65.4% favored showing EOC results on transcripts and tying results to course grades in some way.
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