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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still don’t understand the reason behind this grading policy. Does anyone know the history and intent?[/quote]

Like everything in MCPS it’s to “close” the achievement gap.[/quote]
Yup. But when the issue comes up on the private schools forum, you’ll find there are parents convinced that the grading change happened to give MoCo kids an advantage over those at privates.  Kind of funny in a myopic way. The change made it a lot harder for high achievers to distinguish themselves from the pack, and I haven’t seen data indicating that it succeeded in its intended purpose of improving the appearance of achievement gap. It was a much better system before the change. [/quote]

Is there any interest in evaluating whether the policy change achieved its intended goals and/or created new problems?  Is there any review or change on the horizon?

If it isn’t helping any one and it is leading to problems, shouldn’t it be revised?

I can definitely think of problems created by a system where 79.5+89.5=100+100 but I don’t have general evidence[/quote]

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