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This is why I dislike the standards based grading used in elementary. With the letter grades, there is a clearcut objective standard, and [b]it is obvious how grades are obtained -- by mastering X% of the material, the student earns Y grade. I think that makes it easier to see how to help a student improve their learning and work up to the next highest grade. [/b]With the new elementary grading style, it seems very ambiguous. Nobody is quite sure what specifically is required to earn each level of "grade", so it is more difficult to come up with a plan to help a student improve.
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I think this is what my issue is with the ES.  [b]It's hard to achieve a goal if that goal is not well-defined[/b].[/quote]

That's the point that the other PP was making - the goal is not an ES.  It is a P.

An ES is given to those kids that have not just completely understood the material, but can demonstrate a higher/deeper understanding that the teacher hasn't even taught.  The goal is to understand what the teacher has taught, so the goal is a P.  Again, you really shouldn't try to compare it to an A grade. It's not comparable.[/quote]

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