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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The non-traditional grading is awful and nearly impossible to understand.  The teachers are not allowed to average quarter grades so the final grade seems to be highly subjective and not at all transparent.  It’s very difficult for a student to estimate where the final grade is headed (and to adjust study habits accordingly if needed) when quarter grades vary and averaging them is prohibited.  I would not have knowingly put my students in this situation but the grading system changed recently, many years after we moved to FCC.[/quote]

This isn't actually true. I  can see very clearly on my kids' third quarter report card what their grades would be if the year ended now.

There is a lot of controversy over the standards-based-grading. I personally think the upsides are: your kid knows which aspects they need to work on in a subject (ie my kid does great in most math categories but less well in the "communicating" category of math). They also take several "formative" quizzes/assignments which gives them a good sense of where they will likely land on the "summative" assessment which affects their grade. So you/they can see if they're doing poorly on the formatives - they're going to need some help to do well on the summative.

It requires an investment of time to understand how it works, but I actually believe it's better for the kids.[/quote]

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