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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is Madison one of the schools keeping the 4 point scale for this year?[/quote]

Yes. At least, this is what we were told at freshman orientation. It was discussed very briefly. The principal said she wasn’t going to go into the nuts and bolts of the grading system, but the teachers are ready, or at least most of them, and other schools are trying to copy Madison and that’s going to be a mess but Madison will be ok because they know what they are doing. There was nothing about training sessions for parents which was discussed in the spring.  They are not going to provide any sort of forum for parents to ask questions because the answers would not withstand scrutiny. But then, it appears most parents at Madison don’t care anyway, because hardly any of them filled out the survey on the grading system sent out at the end of the year.

I can’t believe we are adopting a policy reserved for students in danger of not graduating for all students. Not the 4.0 scale, btw, I’m talking about the dropping/replacing quarter grades. Just why? [/quote]

Madison's grading is a hot mess for teachers. It adds tens of hours of work every month, which in turn compromises instruction because there is less time for planning, feedback, and meaningful grading. It is a disaster.[/quote]

If you’re a teacher there, I’m so sorry for what you must be dealing with. The time spent in all those training sessions is such a waste. I also can’t imagine trying to teach a class when the students know that the work doesn’t count. I’m not telling my freshman kid that the whole first quarter doesn’t matter at all, but I’m scared DC will figure it out. DC does not have the intrinsic motivation yet to not procrastinate. I plan to sit down and do all the homework together every night and monitor every class assignment and try to follow classwork as much as possible. Kids need a 4.3 or 4.4 to have a shot at UVA or or VT. I’d like to see what grades looked like last year compared to previous years and what the grades look like compared to a school with similar demographics that does not use SBG/equity grading. I taped the principal’s talk on grading at orientation and just went back to listen. She emphasized that parents have to get their kids to do the practice and homework, that it is critical. Now that classwork/homework doesn’t count; it actually seems less equitable. Someone like me is going to be prepared, research situation, get my kids tutoring, sit down with them every night. What about the other kids without this level of support?[/quote]

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