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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In addition to grades I didn't hear any parent complaining that grades were overly unfair or not measuring the correct skills. I know some kids weren't doing well on the SOLs but I don't know how long they were in the system and some kids will just never get those skills because of disabilities. It wasn't an issue before just like grading wasn't an issue. None of these things were issues before. The pushback is all because of the new sbg system. They are trying to solve problems that aren't there and creating problems instead. [/quote]

Duh, because tiger parents knew their kids’ grades were being fluffed by simply turning papers in so it was okay if they didn’t actually know everything, their grades said otherwise.

I teach at a different school and it is WILD how many emails I get at the end of the year that “my son has an 88.9, isn’t it possible to please bump it to an A-, he’s turned everything non all year!”

Meanwhile the kid hasn’t gotten higher than an 85 on any assessment all year and got a 75 on the final. Tell me why a kid like that even deserves a B+, let alone a A-.  That should be a B- kid IMO, but I don’t make the rules I just follow them.

So yeah of course no one complained. They were reaping the benefits of fluff padding grades.[/quote]

Wonder if student asked for the bump up if may have had better chance to be considered?  I often wonder if parents get hard no if they ask teachers things v if student asked for themselves, if might get different answer.[/quote]

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