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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, MCPS (along with other school districts in the area) has shifted to standards-based grading for elementary schools (K-5). Previously, K-2 got O/S/N (I think it was N), and 3-5 got letter grades. Now, the grades are P (proficient at grade-level standard), I (in progress towards proficiency), and N (not yet making progress towards proficiency), plus also ES, which doesn't stand for Extra Super, but might as well. You can read more about it here:

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/2.0/reportcardfaq.aspx

In general, people who think that elementary students should be motivated by grades do not like standards-based grading, and people who don't particularly care about grades in elementary school are fine with it.[/quote]

Don't forget to add those of us who don't understand the grading system because it's not even used in a uniform manner between teachers in the same school (our school admitted they are still trying to figure out how to make the grading system uniform across teachers in the same grade).  So a P for one teacher is an ES for another and vice versa.  [/quote]

I didn't forget you -- you go into the first group (people who think that elementary students should be motivated by grades). If you didn't particularly care about grades in elementary school, you wouldn't spend a lot of time trying to figure out why one teacher gave a P and another teacher gave an ES.[/quote]

Grades don't and shouldn't count in elementary school.   However, grades can be an indicator if your child has a particular strength or more importantly, flag a problem or issue.  The problem with schools giving P's in everything is that a child could have hidden learning disabilities masked by the grading.  My friend did not realize how severe her son's reading problems were/undiagnosed dyslexia until fifth grade because he's a good kid and teachers graded him too easily and passed him through MCPS.

He is now in private school where they are buttressing his weaknesses and celebrating his strengths.

If your child academically struggled pre-2.0 and is now "magically" ok --  look deeper.  [/quote]

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