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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in the Madison pyramid, but still have kids in grade school. What is the new grading policy? Explain it to me like I’m five. [/quote]

This is from a kid at Madison taken from that thread:

I am a high schooler that goes to a school with the skills based graded system. I will use my AP Biology class as an example. The course is broken down into around 5-6 skills (using models, collecting data accurately, lab skills, data analysis, concept analysis, concept readiness). Each unit of biology content tests 2-3 of these skills. For an example in our Cell Structure and Function unit, we were tested on lab skills, data analysis, and concept analysis. Before the assessment (aka test), we complete practices (quizzes) in the skills that we will be tested on. Ultimately, these practices won't count in the long run; the assessment becomes 100% of our grade. In addition, only the 3 most recent grades for a skill counts. So lets say for Unit 1 I got an A in lab skills. Then for Unit 2 I also got an A. Unit 3 I got a B. And Unit 4 I earned a B. The overall grade for that skill would be the average of the A, B, B. The final grade is determined by averaging all the skill grades together.
I would like to point out that the skill based grading system is different almost each class. For my math and science grades, we take the top 3 skills. For English, we average all the assessments together. I know one class where as long as you show an upward trend in a skill grade, then at the end of the year it can be replaced.

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It's like college where only final assessments are graded. Many kids are not equipped to do the work to get good grades this way. Even at college, people flunk out because of this. Meanwhile we are talking about how our kids are super stressed out. You think removing grades to just one per skill is going to make them less stressed?[/quote]

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