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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really and truly do not understand what the problem is with having "Proficient" as a grade.
It is like substituting "A" for "P" -- so what?
pro·fi·cient (pr-fshnt)
adj.
Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning.
n.
Is your child learning...is your child mastering the material?
Newsflash -- the grades are all just symbols...made up...
Somebody made up the system using "A", "B" , etc.
Someone made this up.
Just because it says proficient...doesn't mean they have dummied down the curriculum.
They are just using a different symbol.
The system is by no means perfect...but to be all up in arms because you don't like the way proficient sounds...well that is ridiculous to me.[/quote]

You know we had E G S F in graduate school and nobody complained because it was obvious it translated into ABCD and they later did change it to ABCD. But the 2.0's P does not translate into A. It seems to translate into ABC. With ES being A+++ if it is really only 1% as someone said. Grading this way lost much meaningful information. On top of this, they are not grades for reading or math. They are grades for metacognition and intellectual risk taking. I don't know about you. I don't trust school teachers to judge these and it tells me nothing whether my child is learning to read or do math.

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I am sorry but if you do not know if your child is reading or can count...that is your fault.
Like I said...system is not perfect...and still being refined...
but I did not think the old system was perfect either...and needed refinement.[/quote]

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