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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS teacher here - yes, the new standards-based grading means that students will be graded based on the level they are currently performing on. For example, a student who is reading above grade level may have lower marks on his/her report card than a student reading on grade level. Gone are the days of O, S, N, and A, B, C, D. Now the newfangled grading system is: ES -Exceeds Standard, P -Proficient, I -In Progress, N -Not yet. 
It is true that *occasionally* a teacher will punish an obnoxious parent by giving students lower marks. These teachers usually don't last long...not that MCPS can fire them or anything (thanks to the union)...but they can be involuntarily transferred to an undesirable school in an undesirable location and placed in an undesirable grade in hopes that they'll quit out of frustration. Usually works.[/quote]
NP here. This is an interesting information. if a student reading above grade level may have lower mark on the grade report than a student reading on grade level, then aren't the grades misleading if you need to compare two students for say magnet admission? TIA.
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