Board approves grading-policy addendum emphasizing mastery, redos and a 50% floor
The Newcastle Board of Education approved a grading-policy addendum for student handbooks that emphasizes mastery learning, allows redos through the eighth week of the quarter, and sets a 50% minimum score for viable attempts.
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The Newcastle Board of Education voted Aug. 4 to add a districtwide grading policy to student handbooks that prioritizes mastery and gives students opportunities to reassess work. The motion to approve the addendum passed unanimously among members present (Yea: 4; Absent: 1).
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