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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pretty funny. SBG was designed to bring the top down and the bottom up. Looks like it works to me. What’s the problem?[/quote]

Exactly.  This is "equity," playing out in real time.  I hope all of you who voted for this are happy with yourselves?[/quote]

Standards based grading was designed to accurately reflect what students could do. Lots of students who got all A’s and B’s because they “played the game” well struggled on AP exams and in college because their high grades misled them on their actual abilities. There are a lot more average students out there than parents want to admit.[/quote]

If FCPS wants to lead the nation in cracking down on grade inflation, so be it. But it is silly to have Herndon and Madison students try to do this on their own. The only people hurt are the students who are disadvantaged against their peers literally a few miles down the road. It is also so stressful for the kids to have put up with all the confusion over the grades from year to year. [/quote]

Agree that SBG is stressful and confusing for kids. I have plenty of graded practice and assessments throughout the year from my Madison student with one thing marked off, sometimes the answer is actually correct, and the teacher scored it a 3. Now that it is the end of the year, suddenly the grading is getting easier and projects are being assigned instead of tests, just like last year. Last year, grades suddenly went up the last quarter when a bunch of grades were dropped and replaced and the same will happen this year. The narrative is that students show improvement over the course of the year.[/quote]

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