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[quote=Anonymous]This is not a teacher problem, this is a county problem. The new position of the central office is to blame the teachers for implementing a system that they, not the teachers, chose.

If you dangle out a grade that can only be given in rare instances, can not be given for working above grade level, must be on work that they child did not have prior knowledge on, isn't given if the child meets he description on the rubric because someone else did more and needs to far exceed what they are doing in class but this can't be described you will frustrate and demotivate students. Young kids will feel bad or upset. Older kids will say screw this and not care anymore.

MCPS may say that they are not doing a bell curve but only a fool would not realize that this is exactly what their ES model creates. The edict that ES is rare and that teachers can not teach to ES level 's what creates the curve.  Its common sense that a kid that is gifted or whose parents have the resources to give them lots of enrichment would be the ones who could spontaneously demonstrate the above description consistently. A smart kid or kid in the middle of the IQ range that works really hard will never measure up no matter what they do because these kids need to know where the goal is to reach it.

ES shouldn't be easy but it also shouldn't be unattainable. There is a big difference between the two.

The outcome is a system that is anti-achievement, demoralizing, and tells kids not to care about academics. Its also teaching young kids that achievement doesn't count. Ironically, the new system "tracks" kids to underperform rather than rewarding kids for trying to overcome challenges.

The replies on this thread are all basically saying the same thing as the teacher..its better to give up. This is sad. [/quote]

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