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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly it's just variable because teachers are human and interpreting the system differently. My 5th graders teacher gives a bunch of Is (which have motivated my slacker 5th grader who got all As previously out of just 'mailing it in'). She now works her butt off to get those Ps. My 1st grader seems to get ES'es for completing his assignments, even if he is clearly writing asinine answers designed to impress his little buddies. Oh well...[/quote]

And this is why the system is worse than grades.  It just seems so much more subjective.[/quote]

Have you had teachers who give you an A for pretty much anything, and other teachers who won't give you an A no matter what? I have.[/quote]

Yes, but the difference here is that you have an entire system where the county-based school system wants teachers to give out majority "P's."  The pressure on teachers to give out Ps skews the value/meaning of a P (simply b/c they are so prevalent).  Haven't you seen the posters in the classrooms that say "We aim for Proficient."  Yikes.[/quote]
HUH? What is the difference in aiming for "P" and aiming for "A"? You do want them to aim for a good grade correct? This is a teacher who put that up in his/her classroom, how is that a countywide "thing"? I do not see your point.[/quote]

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