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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also find the gaslighting by the administration really frustrating. They are going full-steam ahead with their plan, while dismissing parent concerns. How difficult would it be to share with the parents and teachers the stats on how this has changed GPAs overall.  if it hasn’t, I will stop complaining. But I suspect grades have dropped and they are refusing to tell the parents because the goal is to compress the grades at the top and raise the grades at the bottom to artificially improve equity. Everyone loses, but on paper the principal looks great. I also find it hypocritical that they say they care about mental health, but institute a system that increases stress with more tests and harsher grading. The kids who are doing better under this are those who are happy they don’t have to do the homework now. What kind of messed up system are we implementing? [/quote]

We are moving to the area and I’m having a hard time understanding this system.

How does it improve equity? Wouldn’t students with lower gpa also have a harder time with this method? What if they were middling by at the beginning of a unit but couldn’t keep up with a comprehensive assessment at the end? Wouldn’t their mediocre grades also suffer?

This is all very confusing. [/quote]

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