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Santa Fe schools to move high-school grades to familiar points system while keeping standards-based instruction

Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education · April 23, 2026
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Summary

The district will calculate overall high-school course grades using traditional points and percentages while maintaining standards-based instruction and proficiency scales; PowerSchool will display both overall and standards views, with improved clarity and training for teachers planned.

Santa Fe Public Schools announced April 23 that it will shift high-school grading to a points-and-percentages model for overall course grades while keeping standards-based instruction, proficiency scales and feedback as the foundation.

Assistant Superintendent Michael Hagley said the move is intended to make overall course grades easier for students and families to understand without abandoning…

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