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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Regardless if 25% of the class is indistinguishable because they all have A's there's a problem with the system.[/b]  Which leads to things like this thread where some parents say my child worked very hard for their straight A's and another says mine received straight A's while barely working.  Both could happen at the same school, [b]the grades don't properly reflect either student's effort which is unfair to both. [/b] Not saying anything can or should be done about it, but parents who only have their own child's report card as data may as well realize this is the situation and take grades which seem to good to be true with a grain of salt.[/quote]

If 25% of the students mastered the material, why is there a problem with all of them receiving an A?  Do you advocate bringing back the bell curve?

[b]Students are NOT graded on effort.[/b]  They are graded on how well they have mastered the material taught.  So yes, it is perfectly reasonable for student number 1 to earn an A with little effort and student number 2 to earn a C despite expending much effort.

Source - I'm a high school teacher[/quote]
If they've truly mastered the material and been challenged I have no problem with everyone getting an A.  But in my experience that is not what these MS grades mean.  The work load is very light, the graded work is 100%'s all over the place.  My daughter is in HS this year and all of a sudden she's got work to do and she's not quite up to snuff in several subjects she aced in MS.  So, yeah, I think there's a problem with how MS works and parents may as well realize what is going on and plan accordingly.  E.g. my son is starting sixth this year, he's never been a strong writer, he needs to grow over the next three years.  I can say, hey, he's getting A's in history/English/science, the problem must have resolved itself or I can realize that everyone in those classes who didn't deliberately sabotage themselves got the same.[/quote]

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