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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ES parent here. What is the 50% rule?[/quote]

It’s a rule that says that grades are assigned like GPA’s, or IB or AP test scores, with equal distance between each letter.  It has pros and cons, but people who don’t actually understand the math get up in arms because they think it’s “giving kids 50%”.[/quote]

Another issue is that students can only have about 10 practice (not for accuracy) grades per quarter. For a math teacher that wants to assign homework every night so that students are regularly practicing, they need to find a work around. Some math teachers will then track if the student did the homework each day, and then put in a grade for the week. If the student attempted at least one day of those 5 days, they receive 100% for the week. That is because accuracy does not matter. The parent then thinks the student is doing all their homework when they are really only doing 20% of it. How would a parent know? Yes, the teacher can email them, and I am sure that some do, but it is another example of where teachers and parents need to jump through extra hoops because of the constraints of the grading and reporting policy and the synergy system.

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