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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One bad apple purposefully thread crapped and ruined a worthy discussion. Best example was when SHE bolded both of these sentences from a valid response:

[b]Kids who deserve As do not always get those deserved As at JMHS. [/b]

[b] And, kids at most FCPS locations all get to add buffers to grades, boosting up scores from B+ to an A, but not at JMHS. [/b]

She then completely ignores the first point that SHE bolded and says: “So you want buffers for your kid because they can't perform at the A level?”

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Is this a real discussion or are you just venting? Because in a real discussion people might have a different opinion than you and they might question what you’ve said.

How is the first point relevant to the second?

And it’s a legit question. Why do you want “buffers” at Madison? 
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For me "buffers" if I'm understanding them are important because everything my kid learns and is graded on should not just be about test day. I want to get a better picture of all the days in school and I know that some days test day isn't a child's best educational performance day or isn't always the best way to show their capability in a subject. I like multiple grades to show mastery and solidification of abilities as well as an ability to review work and edit. I was fine with summatives being the majority of grades with buffers. This is actually an SBG objective to have multiple data points but for some reason these proponents don't seem to be able to make the connection that this is best obtained through multiple graded assignments on the same concept and that high school classes move from concept to concept throughout the year and it's very difficult to release the same concepts throughout the year. They've falsely convinced themselves that a new test on the next unit of study will replace practice work and quizzes. On grades, the new grading is extremely complicated to follow but in addition it is not very forgiving. The lack of pluses and minuses. The summative grade only. Unforgiving and it's weird to teach children that an old grade can just be forged to be higher if you do something better in the future as if you can just rewrite your past. It's a weird lesson to teach kids that original grades dont matter and no corrections are needed for a grade bump. [b]Its also weird that Madison doesnt have finals.[/b] Wouldn't that be a first choice in making sure kids learned all the material? It is also strange how SBG comes across as progressive in the marketing but also is very much related to the teach to the test no child left behind objectives, that so many opposed as lacking progressiveness and being too rigid. Many people wanted more buffers and less rigidity to the formulaic way sols were dictating learning. In everything moderation is key. As it is now, there are no buffers and it's a weird ever changing grading system for kids to understand, learn, and succeed in. I believe all students including low performing students would do better with a more straightforward grading system with multiple data points like SBG says but implemented with actual different data points for mastery. [/quote]
Do the other FCPS high schools have finals?[/quote]

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