Edmonds School District plans to approve a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Edmonds Education Association authorizing Meadowdale Middle School to run a two-year pilot of an alternative, equal-interval grading scale from fall 2026 through the 2027-28 school year. The pilot will be schoolwide and will include data collection and stakeholder feedback to evaluate its impact and inform the district’s broader grading practices work. This initiative stems from Meadowdale’s desire to continue work with an equal-interval grading scale despite a districtwide task force agreeing on a common scale, and explicitly states that pilot findings will inform future decisions but do not guarantee districtwide adoption. This is an early-stage signal that the district will need support with assessment design, grading policy analysis, analytics, professional learning, and stakeholder engagement tools to implement and evaluate the pilot. Vendors in grading/assessment platforms, data dashboards, PLC and PD services, and change management can engage curriculum and HR leadership to support implementation and potentially position for any broader grading reforms that follow.
Pilot is limited to one middle school but intended to inform districtwide grading practices discussi...
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