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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there a grading rubric attached with the numerical score? The teacher should only be assigning a grade if it is being applied to a particular standard or benchmark. The grade shows how consistent the student is in demonstrating mastery of the concept.[/quote]

If you keep the basic report card at hand -- you should have been given a sample one at your back-to-school night, or can find one online -- you will have the "rubric" right there whenever a paper comes home with the numbers on it. That is the benchmark and the meaning of the number you see. If the teacher uses a more specific rubric, ask to see that.

We are new to this too but so far it seems like it is a system much more tied to the child's really understanding things. A letter grade was something I think I understood, but this system relates a lot more information about whether the child fully gets the material, really is able to express the material well, etc. I think I am going to prefer it to letter grades -- but unfortunately we get only one year of it; my child will enter middle school next year so I think it's back to letter grades then. [/quote]

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