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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outside of all this, Madison had excellent results in EA and RD this year [/quote]

That's fine, but for my senior, this year was stressful to the point that I wish I could have done something to alleviate it even if it meant going to another school for one year. The angst of the 2nd semester grades was unbelievable and just the not understanding what was going on in terms of grades. "I don't understand my grade at all. I have no idea what is going on," ect...voice trembling, eyes watering ect... I'm just furious. And for the principal to say, "yeah I know this year was a disaster but next year it's going to be better...." No one deserves a disaster in high school. This is when it matters most.

I've tried to understand the motivation and this has to be about how it helps the administration. I was told that administrators are rated on 1) how many students graduate 2) how many incidents occur at the school, and I'm assuming a 3rd has been added, how well low-income and underserved students perform. If they can lift the scores of that group by getting rid of assessments, then at the end of the year boost the grade based on demonstrating an upward trend, then that helps the administrator. In reality, the kids in the low-income group are actually learning less because now there is no incentive to pay attention in class. [/quote]

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