Redondo Beach school district looks to standardize middle-school grading

by Garth MeyerRedondo Beach Unified School District boardmembers voted March 10 to set grading standards for its middle schools in core subjects, after input and debate across several meetings to establish what is known as standards-based grading. Teachers met on March 13 to define what the specific grade structure is, with a goal of consistency per class, no matter the teacher. “Our students are experiencing various grading scales at this time,” said District Superintendent Ni