Senate moves to curb grade floors, create task force to study grade inflation
Lawmakers advanced a bill prohibiting artificial ‘‘grade floors’’—district policies that raise baseline grades—while preserving credit- and content-recovery options and creating a task force to study student supports and fiscal impacts.
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Senators debated a bill aimed at ending district or school practices that artificially inflate grades, a change sponsors said would improve accuracy of graduation and proficiency metrics. "When you're dishonest, it's never good," Senator Hembry said, arguing students deserve accurate signals about readiness and support to catch up if needed.
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