NYC schools drop traditional grades for most students: Mayor de Blasio

Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability on COVID-19. City Hall. Friday, April 17, 2020.
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability on COVID-19. City Hall. Friday, April 17, 2020.

Traditional grades will be dropped for all public schools students except high schoolers, Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday, bowing to the reality of trying to teach thousands of students deprived of classrooms and face-to-face instruction.
For students in kindergarten through fifth grade, traditional grades will be replaced with an evaluation of “Meets Standards” or “Needs Improvement.”
Middle schoolers will receive one of three evaluations: “Meets Standards,” “Needs Improvement” or “Course In Progress.”
High school students will still receive traditional grades, but "students who require more time to show mastery will receive ‘Course In Progress’ and [be] enrolled in summer-fall support programs,” according to the mayor’s office.
The announcement came as city schools were in their seventh week of remote learning and after de Blasio said schools will remain closed for the academic year.
“You’re being asked to shoulder a burden that, honestly, young people haven’t been asked to shoulder in a long long time,” the mayor said at a press conference, addressing the city’s students. “We will be there for you.”

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