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[quote=Anonymous][quote]To be fair, what criteria were teachers ever really given in the past to assign an A or a B or a C?

I have no problem with the new report cards. I can tell what progress my son is making because I can see it in his homework and his increased reading and math abilities. It seems like the report cards are making some parents uncomfortable because they can't tell if their child is doing well anymore. The conference with the teacher, and the level of homework being done at home, should answer that question for them.[/quote]

Disagree. In the past teachers have shown tests or assessment that have a clear scale. There was definition about what constituted an N, S, or O. One year, our child received several S grades and the teacher was able to clearly articulate and show where he needed to improve to achieve an O. This year the teachers can't articulate what a P is let alone what would be required to receive an ES.

I'm also bothered at the MCPS message line that this new system is better because the old one was broken and there were no real standards for grades in the past. 1.) I don't believe that this is true based on our experience 2.) The principals certainly were not saying that their grading system was broken or lacked any consistency last year or in prior years. 3.) If this is true then they should all be fired as incompetent educators for giving meaningless grades for the past 20 years. [/quote]

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