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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm pretty sure that they aren't using personal report cards to assess the achievement gap. They are using standardized tests. So the report card format has nothing to do with the achievement gap.[/quote]

Actually, it has a high impact in schools with mixed performing students. It allows for teachers to spend all their time with kids who fall under the bar. If 80% of the class is at a P and parents have no information whether their child is a low P or high P, the teacher can just focus on the kids at the bottom. It reduces the amount of time that teachers spend grading and providing any comments. This facilitates larger classes without any additional teaching support.

Its a reminder to everyone that no one should go above the bar or ever spend any resources on kids who already meet the bottom bar. It solidifies the position that MCPS is about the aggregate meeting the lowest bar and that an individual child's performance and education is of no interest to them.

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Yes, this would all make sense, if MCPS were reporting on the percentage of students who get a P. But they're not.[/quote]

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