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      <description>A high school Algebra I team shifts to mastery-based grading over one semester—decisions, missteps, and the practices that stuck for clearer learning.</description>
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      <description>An opinionated case for mastery-based grading: why points distort learning, how to transition without chaos, and what skeptics get right before they’re wrong.</description>
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