Sentences with phrase «grade calculations need»

Kathy Noel, chairwoman of the commission, said there is widespread agreement that letter grade calculations need to change.

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Either this discordant plan is a front for public school expansionism, bent on adding another grade or two to its current thirteen, and adding the staff (and dues - paying union members) that would accompany such growth, or it's a cynical calculation: only by appealing to the middle - class desire for taxpayers to underwrite the routine child - care needs of working parents will any movement occur on the pre-K front, and the heck with the truly disadvantaged youngsters who need more than that strategy will yield.

However, she said the state needs to be cautious about revamping grade calculations to increase the role of student growth in the scores.