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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents are telling you it’s providing less information. FCPS has specifically said it’s to help struggling students. I don’t know what battle you are fighting today. Why are you such a proponent of a grading system that has shown no long term benefit? Why are you so blind to the arguments against it and so for it when it’s been nothing but a failure at Madison and around the United States? What is your actual battle and agenda?

No one brought about this battle as a need for change other than the FCPS administration. We are fighting to bring back the previous policy since we were never made aware of a need for change, given a reason why Madison needed this change, or had any say about it’s coming about. [/quote]

My “battle” is ignorance. The execution may be poor but the goal is to provide more info and shift focus towards learning/mastery. It has nothing to do with “equity” regardless of how you conflate it with other initiatives. 
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Not sure why you would say this.

“Grading for Equity” is a primer for this exact system of standards based grading. SBG being part and parcel of the county’s  focus on equity isn’t really up for debate.

West Potomac has the same grading system and even refers to the implementation as “West Potomac's Equitable Grading Journey.”

https://westpotomachs.fcps.edu/gradingandreporting[/quote]

West Potomac may be presenting that as one piece of an overall approach, but SBG itself isn't "equity grading".

This thread is about Madison -- which doesn't call it "equity grading" (because it's not): 
https://madisonhs.fcps.edu/academics/grading-and-reporting

And here is a public school system in a very conservative part of Florida with a Republican school board that uses standards-based grading:
https://www.collierschools.com/Page/169

[i]"Philosophy of Grade Reporting

We believe that students have a right to receive grades that represent an accurate
evaluation of achievement, and that thoughtful, informed assessment promotes
learning. We believe that grades
• reflect progress and mastery in meeting statewide standards, district standards,
and approved course objectives
• are earned, not given
• are based on a sufficient amount of assessed work
• are based on a logical and justifiable grading process
• are derived from variety of assessment types
• are weighted and balanced
We also believe that grades must provide clear, useful, and relevant information to
students, parents, and the community. A collaborative relationship between home and
school is essential to student success, so course grades should empower families to
track the academic progress of their students."
[/i]

SBG isn't "equity grading". 
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Unfortunately you are incorrect. Another FCPS high school also references “Equity for Grading” as the first reference for parents. SBG is part of equitable grading. I just don’t understand why you are running from that. Is equity a bad word? It is literally part of every effort for FCPS in the strategic plan.

https://edisonhs.fcps.edu/academics/grading-and-reporting[/quote]

It’s inaccurate and spinning up the “anti equity” people.

FCPS is making efforts around equity and it may be thrown into some of the messaging at some schools, but SBG isn’t “equity grading”. It’s a modern educational approach that has been embraced nationwide that shifts the focus towards learning. 
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In the video narrated by the jmhs principal on sBG, there’s an equity grading sign right at the beginning as she speaks for awhile. [/quote]

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