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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to drop the idea that ES is a goal. P is the goal. [/quote]

P means the student is meeting basic grade level expectations, but ES seems to mean they're going above and beyond, doing more than just the minimum. To me I would think that is the goal, as doing just the bare minimum of what is needed is rarely encouraged in our family.

The way I'm understanding what you and some other posters have written would mean that P is both the minimum acceptable grade to be on grade level and the best possible grade a student can get if ES is not given out very much if at all. That doesn't seem to make sense, as to me there should be a difference between a student who has struggled but put in a great effort and just met the grade's expectations versus a student who shows pretty consistent mastery of all the skills for their particular grade. Both may be proficient at the required skills, but it seems strange to me that the level of understanding and achievement of both students is represented in exactly the same way. P seems to be a pretty wide range of mastery then, and I'm not sure that provides the most helpful sort of information to parents and teachers.[/quote]

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