WaPo article on new grading system

[Anonymous]

Clammar not clam or. Thx spellcheck

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But then the schools might reveal who is ahead and who is behind the curve. This might mean that parents will clam or for more instruction to help the kid who needs more help and parents will clam or for more enrichment for the kid who is advanced. In the bizzaro world of MCPS, such things are unacceptable. That's right, everyone is a p. Se, doesn't that make it all so much easier...

Have you heard anything about MCPS switching away from letter grades for middle school? I haven't heard anything.

If you have heard something, please say what and where. If you have not heard anything, why are you wasting your indignation on a hypothetical?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But then the schools might reveal who is ahead and who is behind the curve. This might mean that parents will clam or for more instruction to help the kid who needs more help and parents will clam or for more enrichment for the kid who is advanced. In the bizzaro world of MCPS, such things are unacceptable. That's right, everyone is a p. Se, doesn't that make it all so much easier...

Have you heard anything about MCPS switching away from letter grades for middle school? I haven't heard anything.

If you have heard something, please say what and where. If you have not heard anything, why are you wasting your indignation on a hypothetical?

This applies to elementary school now and is a spot on description of why MCPS has moved to a new grading system -- no way for parents to advocate for anything and totally obscures the equity issues which even until today MCPS has been unable to make progress on in any meaningful way.

[Anonymous]

Have you watched the video on the MCPS site that explains the grading system...
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/grading/report-cards.aspx