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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] In addition, from the first quarter/marking period, your DC must have an A in Math, an A in Science and an at or above on-grade reading level.
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Thanks a lot. I was confused about the above. Are you talking about As in those subject for the first quarter/marking period of grade 5 or the kid’s whole elementary school career? [/quote]

First marking period of grade 5 only. It’s pretty stupid if you ask me. We had an ELA teacher who openly admitted to subjective grading and giving B’s to “motivate” students. [/quote]

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This is also my understanding -- lottery pool qualification involves grades only from the first quarter of 5th.

Unfortunately, it also is my understanding that there is enough variation in grading across the system that a student getting a B from one teacher may have gotten an A from another with the same work.  There are grading rubrics, but teachers have latitude and not all are followed.  While some teachers might knowingly employ the threat of a B in a lottery-pool-sensitive period to coerce behavior, others may not be aware of the import of that marking period's grade in the first place.  I'd like to think that the former are few, and I hope that they remain few between them.[/quote]

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