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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "difference" is that aiming for an A is aiming for excellence and the best outcome.  Aiming for a P is aiming for some I'll-defined idea of "what a child in this grade should be able to do." that isn't about individual excellence it is about generic county wide standards.  [/quote]

Why do you think that the standards are ill-defined? They're quite well-defined, as far as I can tell. MCPS publishes them. You can look them up.

And if you think that an A necessarily means individual excellence, well... [/quote]

There are a lot of parents who would disagree with you that the standards are "quite well-defined.". Plenty of times, an assignment doesn't "qualify" for the possibility if ES.  Other times, even the teacher will not be able to articulate what would be required to earn an ES. For many of us, we simply disagree with the underlying philosophy of giving the same grade (P) for such wide-ranging results.  Yes, seeing a lot of Ps might make you believe that your child is "right on track," I believe a lot of parents ate in for a wake up call when real grades and standards begin to apply.  [/quote]
To a certain degree I do agree about the standards needing clearer definitions. However, if you can see what your kid IS and is NOT  learning exactly what wakeup call are parents going to get? If I can see that my kid is having problems spelling, or figuring out place value, or telling the difference between a law and a  rule -- what wake up call am I going to get? [/quote]

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