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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I know exactly where my child is. Thank you!
You did not comment on the substance of my argument at all. You only attacked my supposed ignorance of my child's academic abilities. 
Don't you want to know what the teachers think your child is at academically? Do you really think that the grading system that are being used is informative? If you do, you are either brainwashed or a MCPS employee. 
The old system was not perfect, but grading each subject by ABCD is not what is broken. 
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