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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ehh... my kid doesn't care THAT much about grades.  Of course we want him to do his best, but we aren't getting our panties in a bunch just because they tweak the grading system a little one way or the other.

Apparently the grading system isn't "demotivating" him or others too much.  My kid scored a perfect score on the PSAT math and did pretty well on the Reading/Writing section.  And if you saw the other thread, apparently, 40% of kids have a 4.0!  I doubt that the grading policy is demotivating kids so much that they aren't learning what they need to learn.  AP exams and SAT scores are objective measures of kids learning material or not.

Just learn.  Do your best.  Live life and carry on.[/quote]

That's wonderful we don't have to worry about your child with a perfect psat score for whatever grading is decided going forward. A huge relief. [/quote]

Kids CAN learn with whatever grading policy is used.   I know some of you like to think the grading policy is THE most important piece of educating kids.  I just don't think it is.  And apparently a lot of kids are doing quite well by objective measures (even if a few kids/parents don't think the quality of classroom discussion is up to par or that their kids feel "demotivated" by the system).  Adapt, people.  [/quote]
But then why are we doing it? Adapt... but why?[/quote]

Because she needs you too. She’s stated multiple times she doesn’t care but obviously has an agenda. I’ve always felt this system was being adopted because it was good for administrators in some way, otherwise, just why? It makes no sense, unless the point is to make it look like Madison is addressing equity. It’s an easy way for administrators to check a box. A teacher in another thread said it was easier for administrators to mandate training for teachers than actually address a problem. Maybe someone means well in all this nonsense, at least, I hope so.

This experiment shouldn’t even be allowed. There should be one consistent, evidence-based grading policy across FCPS. The FCPS student rep is right.[/quote]

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