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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Help me understand

So a child who did well the first 3 quarters and excelled at skills but had a bad 4th quarter would end up with a lower grade because he/she has now unlearned the skills they learned?

On the other hand, a student who did not learn well the first 3 quaters, but now excelling in 4th quarter will now earn better grades than the former student.

I do not understand the skills part, you either understand a topic or not. Say photosysthesis was 1st chapter. What has that to do with the last chapter say genetics in biology? How can doing well in last chapter say anything about doing poorly in the 1st chapter. The old method assessed knowledge of each chapter.

Same for math or even history.

You don't know anything about Egyptian empire but by the end of the year you know everything about Incas, and now your skills improved?

Maybe I am understanding this whole thing wrong. 
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It really only makes sense at schools that use a final exam approach where you are assessed at the end on the full year’s learning. [/quote]

DP.  This answer, sheesh.  "Mastery based grading is transparent but I'm not going to explain it to you.  It's easy to understand so if you don't understand it, then that's your fault."  SMH[/quote]

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