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[quote=Anonymous]A teacher at an elementary school in Potomac actually told me once she had coworkers that would inflate report card grades (ie. give all kids A's or B's) on their report cards just so they could be finished with the report cards quickly.  After all, if a child gets a good grade, what parent is going to argue with that?

As a parent of children with learning disabilities, I have questioned the validity of the grades that they have on their report cards knowing what their strengths and weaknesses are and keeping a file at home with all the grades that were sent home.  When the grades didn't add up, I asked the teacher and she said she had discretion to pick a grade (basically pick a grade out of thin air).  Over inflating grades for children with difficulties makes problems appear to not exists and is how elementary teachers pass kids and their problems on to the next grade and eventually on to middle school.

MCPS has Edline for middle school and high school students so all grades are posted and parents can review their child's grades at anytime during the marking period, not just at the end.  The system provides transparency and an ability for parents to provide extra help at home if they notice a child didn't do well on an assignment.  Why doesn't MCPS have Edline for elementary school children?

The new grading system is even more subjective especially for subjects like math that should have concrete, objective, and measurable results.  The county should rethink why don't they want to accurately report how well or how poorly its children are performing?[/quote]

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