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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually Joe Feldman’s (author of Grading for Equity) research shows it’s an approach that results in less As for white students and less Ds and Fs for non-white students.

Also, there is an ongoing debate about the move away from content learning to skills-based learning. I don’t think it’s a good idea and think kids learn less. It does let kids slack off and still do ok in the end.[/quote]

Speeches he’s given always note as the first reason equity grading is important is because traditional grading methods hurt kids who can’t do homework because they are watching younger siblings or working. At jmhs, what is the percentage of the student population this specific concern impacts? I’m guessing it is less than 1-2%. It would have to be only kids who either work or watch siblings AND but for the babysitting/work they would be doing their hw.

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So if equity is everything for the school board, isn't doing away with the 4.0 grading scale and standards based grading moving away from equity grading and back to a more traditional method?

I have an 8th grader as my oldest and I'm still trying to figure this out. His 7th grade teachers did a mix of what I know as traditional scoring on a 100 point scale with a rolling gradebook vs. skills/standards based grading with rolling gradebook (this was the long column of "I can" statements). My 7th grader really hated the 4.0 scale. I never got a handle on how it worked.

I remember him being annoyed once when he got an 80% on a science test which brought his grade down to a B+. He wasn't allowed to retake it because he didn't "fail enough". He wished he'd missed one more question and then he could have retaken it and gotten a perfect. He was starting to realize he should just fail all his tests to see what's on them and then get a perfect the second time around! Seems like a strange system. [/quote]

I don’t think FCPS plans to move away from equity grading. They trained teachers on equity grading and shutting down parent complaints. Madison admin are masters of trying to minimize forums for parents to ask questions publicly. They don’t have the answers.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/fairfax-trained-teachers-disregard-objections-equity-grading
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