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[quote=Anonymous]I think this is mostly an issue at the elementary school level. It's part of the philosophy to not have competition. Why? I don't know; the current educational trends...

To add to the list, they don't do competitive activities in PE either.

The lack of a competitive environment had been good for my daughter, but disastrous for my son.

I've been really unsatisfied with the new grading system, and since we were a pilot school, we are now in our 6th year of it. I found many examples of arbitrary grades and it gave incorrect info about where my son was rather than more information as claimed. But this year, I really got the new grading system with my daughter's third grade teacher. She implemented it so well; I really felt like I was getting a whole picture of where my daughter was and what her problems areas were. I was amazed by the amount of data collected. I think the problem with the new grading system is that it requires a teacher working at a very, high professional level, a high level of intelligence, and the commitment to the new system. In time, I hope the kinks will be worked out, and the implementation won't have to rely so much on teacher ability.[/quote]

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