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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interestingly, there are several ways in which the MISA could bring down your grade, but not really any way it would improve your grade.    The only way that an excellent score on MISA would imrpove your grade is if you have D's in both quarters (or an E and a D) but get an A on MISA, it would bring your grade up to a  C -- or if you failed both semesters and got an A or B on the exam, you would end with a D.

So this test is really just a losing proposition for the kids.  I do wish there was some way that the kids could get some benefit from doing well  -- like if you had a teacher that did not grade fairly, but you still learned all the material and did well on the MISA.  Is the score reported on the transcript anywhere?[/quote]

Do you have any evidence that this mythical situation happened? [/quote]

It’s not a situation—it’s just an observation based on the chart posted.  There are essentially no kids for whom this test will improve their grade.  There is a moderate subset for whom it will decrease their grade (eg kids who have an A first quarter, a B second quarter, and a B on the test.).  It’s just interesting that there’s almost no way it would help your grade except in the very rare circumstance where you are getting Ds and Fs in the class but an A on the test.  [/quote]

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