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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where is the (non-anecdotal) data that grades are dropping?

From my (anecdotal) view as a math teacher, grades are the same as they always are, except I have a few less Fs/few more Ds from the 60% threshold.

I do have a handful of kids who probably would have had As in the old system who now have B+ grades, because they get C+s on all tests and the formative grades pull up to a B+ instead of an A now, but as a math person that seems appropriate to me. A student who can only demonstrate proficiency on 77% of the material should not have an A, no matter how hard they work. My grade is supposed to be the % of material the student has mastered, not their work ethic. (Which I wish could be a separate score because I think that is valuable information to have/share, but not what our grades are supposed to measure)[/quote]

Math is different and easier to measure proficiency using tests.  There is little ambiguity and subjectivity compared with social sciences and humanities.  Practice leads to better scores as success is measured in how well children do their problems.   But in other subjects there is more nuance in how questions can be answered and it is harder to get an A if the grade is based on a few tests with very few questions which are easy to screw up even for a hard working and well practiced kid. [/quote]

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