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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Not the pp you're quoting, but I agree with that PP wholeheartedly. I'll give you an example. Unit tests. It used to be that, after learning a certain amount of work in math, a unit test was given. The test was graded and a report was sent home. It said, for example, 15 out of 17 correct in computation; 13 out of 15 correct in algebraic functions, etc. It was very specific and very clear. The student knew exactly where he stood, as did the parents. Now, unit tests are gone. In their place, a few questions might be asked during class and the teacher decided whether or not the child "gets" the concept. Talk about subjective - to say nothing of the lack of testing retained knowledge and performing in a testing environment. Let's take the letter grades out of the argument. Something fishy is going on with the new way of grading in MCPS -- it simply appears that the schools do not want he students to be tested and graded accordingly. If I thought that they had some effective alternative, I might be able to buy in to what they are doing. But, a rational alternative hasn't been suggested. Instead, we have murky, subjective grading that simply looks like hide-the-ball.[/quote]

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