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Are you saying it isn't possible to do that in MCPS? Even if my kids are getting all of the problems correct and mastering all the skills with few mistakes they will still get P and not ES? Why would they have a grade that is unattainable when usually the presence of a grade higher on the scale means that there is a better level the student could be performing at? I don't want my kid to "only" be doing P level work if they "could" be doing ES level work, but if ES isn't really something that is given out even for the highest quality of work and a complete understanding of the material, then that changes how I will look at their grades.
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Yes, they will still get a P. If they are getting all of the problems correct and mastering all of the skills with few mistakes, that means that they are learning what they are supposed to learn. Which is good! And learning what you are supposed to learn is a P. [/quote]

Thank you very much for your response. I'm glad that P is good, but it seems like that means it is the baseline level for where they should be. ES seems to mean that they are going above and beyond the minimum, and while I know my kids are young and definitely not geniuses I would like to think that I could help them work beyond the basics in at least a few subjects to earn an ES. Maybe my understanding is wrong and a P is not just basic barely meeting the grade level standard. At the kids' old school that would have been a 2 or 3 and they could pass to the next grade with it, but many kids were able to extend further beyond that and they would get a 4 for mastery beyond just the expected level. It seems like I need to take some time to reframe my goals and expectations for the kids in terms of what is expected in this school system. I'm going to take a look at the school website and see if I can learn more about how each of the standards based levels of grade are earned. Thanks for the reality check.[/quote]

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