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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The IB grading system was/is heavily skewed towards [b]higher achieving students[/b] to “earn” multiple chances beyond the DCPS policy in order to achieve the grade scale band that a student and/or their parent wanted.

However, the grading scale allowed a student to reach Mastery level at an 87% and earn an A-, instead of a B+.

As far as students with special needs, the grading scale does not offer students with extended time beyond the due date of the assignment and simultaneously undercuts other IEP and 504 needs. An example of this is if a student can only earn an A, C, or F on an assessment due to the number of questions the student with special needs has to conform to that grading scale and there is no other rubric that the student’s work can be measured against.

Consequently, they’re pigeonholed in to one system instead of adding more questions to allow for greater flexibility since the original ones have been cleared by the IB process.

This doesn’t happen all of the time, but it is definitely a challenge for parents and their children if the IB process is handled with fidelity.

Hope this helps.

- Deal Teacher[/quote]

sounds like its skewed against higher achieving students and towards average students.[/quote]

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