In its Tuesday, January 19 meeting the Virginia Beach School Board adopted a new grading scale that will become effective next school year. The new scale is as follows:

The Board adopted the modified 10 point grading scale after hosting a comprehensive public input process that included surveys of parents, staff and college admissions officers; input garnered from the school division’s On the Mark blog; and comments received at a public hearing. At the conclusion of this public input process the majority of stakeholders indicated they were in favor of revising the division’s grading scale, citing the need to ensure that Virginia Beach students remain competitive especially in the area of college and scholarship applications.

The School Board indicated that stakeholders should not regard this decision as lowering standards as leadership has every expectation that added rigor in the Virginia Beach curriculum and assessments will sustain the quality of the grading system.

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