Weighted Grading is Fair Grading

Weighted Grading is Fair Grading

Here’s something you won’t read in YSDA every day: the Madison School Board is right. Well, okay, so not the whole board. Just one and a half of the seven members. Those members are Nicki Vander Meulen and Martha Siravo. The issue is weighted grading. The state of Wisconsin has set up a system that guarantees admission to the highly sought after Madison campus to high school students who rank in the top 5% of their class. Those in the top 10% ar…