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They're easier to understand because they are quantitative rather than qualitative. By that, I mean that letter grades are typically based on percentages, which are arrived at by taking the total of points a student earned on activities that were assessed divided by the total number of points possible had the student gotten all answers correct on all assessed assignments. There was very little question about "What does a B mean and how/why did my kid get that grade?" (it means the student demonstrated that they know/can correctly perform between 80% and 89% of the assessed information or skills) as compared to how much confusion there is surrounding what I/P/E mean and how or why kids get those.

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Letter grades are no less subjective for being quantitative. Should the letter grade include homework? How much? And just completion, or also how it was completed? Should the tests be graded absolutely or on a curve? Why? And so on.[/quote]

There is nothing subjective about those things (other than grading on a curve) within an individual class. [b]The teacher will have policies. Ask about them.[/b] The student/parent can know exactly what they are getting into, and then it is a simple matter of how many points the kid earned.[/quote]

That's the subjective part.

The teacher also has policies about N/I/P/ES. Ask about them.[/quote]

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