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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some teachers make it very difficult to get A’s in middle school—especially with the new grading system. It requires near perfection with only 2 summative unit tests determining the bulk of their grade. [/quote] The new grading system has been a challenge. In Q1 my 7th grader had a single 90-minute long algebra test that counted for 60% of their grade, and two quizzes that were each 15% of their grade. Homework was only 10%. That's a huge jump from 5th grade where they didn't have grades at all.[/quote] DD faced this in 8th. Three HS classes, for which a few tests made up almost the entire grade. And the Spanish teacher didn't grade anything on time so she didn't know her grade until the end of the quarter. [/quote]
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