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[quote=Anonymous][quote]This is OP again.

For the elem teachers who've been here a while, when was the Proficient, Exceeds Standards, etc. system first introduced and discussed? Was that under Starr or Jerry Weast? Weast left in 2011. It seems like nearly all changes take at least a year to implement, but maybe this one was only a few months.

I recall DD was in 2nd grade in 2011-2012 and I'm pretty sure they were using the regular Outstanding, Satisfactory, Needs Improvemnt scale. I am pretty sure it was 2012-2013 that the grading that was allegedly aligned with Curriculum 2.0 came into play. That stupid ES-P etc. scale was a disaster (at least, in my opinion it was).

I do remember that Curriculum 2.0 came under Weast. So can't blame that on Starr.

To the HS teachers, thanks for sticking it out. I hope your morale improves. DD is now in HS. Just two years left. Smith can't make things any worse in 2 years, can he?[/quote]

The P/ES grading system came out of Starr's administration. Weast was the one that cut the deal with Pearson for 2.0 and set in motion MCPS creating it internally. Starr however presided over much of the time it was being creating and was responsible for the roll out and cloning to it despite the problems. For the poster joking that Starr shouldn't be held responsible for all the errors in the materials (up to 30% found by Hopkins) -he absolutely was responsible! It was his job to ensure that quality control and review processes were in place. He failed to do this. It was his responsibility to listen to teachers and parents when they pointed out what was wrong. Instead he put in place a process where principals were rewarded for holding the party line and beefed up his PR office to deny there were any problems. [/quote]

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