North Carolina High Schools Looking to 10-Point Grading Scale

Education News: North Carolina state education leaders are considering expanding a new grading scale which will make it easier for students to get higher grades.
Superintendents and families have lobbied for current high school students in the state to have the advantage of a 10-point grading system. T. Keung Hui, reporting for the Charlotte Observer, writes that this would reverse the original decision the state made to phase in the system over a period of years. In October, the State Board of Education voted to begin the 10-point grading system with the 2015-2016 school year’s freshman class.

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