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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Reading these posts makes me so concerned. What I see is a new system for the sake of a new system -- it isn't well thought out, it isn't really ready to be rolled out and the teachers don't all understand (and can't adequately explain) the grading system. Hard to see it as anything other that a new scheme to make everyone "equal" by eliminating pathways to excel. Imagine how kids in MCPS could have benefited if the system focused on raising the level of the kids who are struggling. This just makes everyone look the same on paper so that the county can feel equitable. This hurts kids at the top and bottom of the spectrum in MCPS. What a shame.[/quote]

+1 The goal should not be to hide the achievement gap, it should be to provide an appropriate education for all children.

This means providing more resources to kids at the bottom to raise their level not falsely lower the top. I would argue that this new system disadvantages the bottom and middle children more than the higher level kids. The higher level kids are either uniquely talented or have parents that will continue to supplement their education at home. The middle kids are being taught that its OK not to challenge yourself and there is no incentive to do this anyway. They will glide along and not achieve their potential. The kids at the bottom are not getting more resources to help them overcome their learning challenges. They are simply getting a fake assessment systems that institutionalizes the idea that they can't do better.

This is all very wrong.

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