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New Business and Reports to the Board |
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ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
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Goal 2: Instructional Excellence ACPS will ensure that all students have access to and engagement with high-quality instruction.
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Agenda Item Summary:
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As part of the ongoing work to revise the ACPS grading system to ensure equity for all, staff are proposing changes to policy IKC – Grading and it’s associated regulation. The grading policy work will continue during the 2022-23 school year with additional recommended revisions being provided in the spring.
Policy and regulation changes:
• Updated Board belief statement
• Temporary COVID provisions have been removed
• Removal of class rank
• Emphasis that grades reflect mastery of course standards and not student behaviors
• Provision that grades should reflect work completed in class
• Provision that a missed assignment is absence of data on student knowledge and skills on a topic while a zero means the student has no knowledge or skills on a topic.
• Improved alignment between IKC – Grading and other polices
• IFA – Assessment and Evaluation
• Use of Formative and Summative Assessments
• IKB – Course Assignments
• Use of assignments in calculating grades
• Requirement that schools create systematic supports for students who miss assignments
• Standardized weighting of formative (40%) and summative (60%) assessments when calculating grades |
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Background:
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Key focuses of these revisions are using policy to improve student engagement and to increase consistency of grading practices across teachers and schools. Grades allow ACPS to report to families progress on the “A” of SEAL, a key remaining question is how we systematically document and report on the SE elements of SEAL. |
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Recommendation
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The Superintendent recommends that the School Board approve the policies. Staff recommends that the Superintendent approves the regulations. |
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Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. - Superintendent |
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Vote Results:
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| Amended Motion | Member Dr. Ashley Simpson Baird Moved, Member Kelly Carmichael Booz seconded to approve the Amended motion 'The Superintendent recommends that the School Board approve the policies. Staff recommends that the Superintendent approves the regulations.
adopt policy IKC as is and for regulation IKC-R keep the November 2021 version and make the following changes:
1. Strike language specific to SY 21-22 and 2) add-in revised language on class rank, and 3) add in the 60/40 breakdown between summative and formative assessment. All cross-referenced policies on assessment and evaluation still apply.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 1. | | The motion Carried 7 - 1 | | | | | Meagan L. Alderton | Yes | | Jacinta Greene | No | | Dr. Michelle Rief | Yes | | Kelly Carmichael Booz | Yes | | Tammy Ignacio | Yes | | Christopher Harris | Yes | | Dr. Ashley Simpson Baird | Yes | | Willie F. Bailey, Sr. | Yes | |
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| New Motion | Member Dr. Michelle Rief Moved, Member Dr. Ashley Simpson Baird seconded to approve the New motion 'The Superintendent recommends that the School Board approve the policies. Staff recommends that the Superintendent approves the regulations.
change the high school...from final exam to final assessment.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 8 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 8 - 0 | | | | | Meagan L. Alderton | Yes | | Jacinta Greene | Yes | | Dr. Michelle Rief | Yes | | Kelly Carmichael Booz | Yes | | Tammy Ignacio | Yes | | Christopher Harris | Yes | | Dr. Ashley Simpson Baird | Yes | | Willie F. Bailey, Sr. | Yes | |
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