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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You will see SBG spread quickly across FCPS.  Sure they will use the 100 point system for final grade conversion.  Schools will have mostly Bs and Cs but that’s how you achieve equity.

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Do you want your child to get a grade they didn't earn? My Madison HS student, junior, just got his report cards and it is all As and one A-. All AP and honors. My guess is his friends did just as well.

He achieved those grades because he learned the material and did the work.
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The weird poster is back.[/quote]
Uh, this is my first post on this thread (I think--I guess I  could have posted back in August when it started?).

I am just trying to look at this rationally and as a college professor. My students are expected to do all of their work, graded or not. If they skip non-graded assessments, their overall grade MAY suffer if they don't master a skill before a test or an essay. Or--they may excel on the essay and their grade isn't lowered or elevated by homework that they did or didn't to. Sometimes, they have to make decisions because of time and commitments and that is all part of learning.

I certainly wish students learned this BEFORE getting into my classroom. Right now, many of them think my job is to puff up grades with completion assignments. My job is to teach them the course content.[/quote]

When are there non-graded assessments in college? So you’re saying that you teach in a college environment that focuses on skills?[/quote]

I teach writing and literature. I assign readings and require drafts etc for all essays. But I am not grading all of that. We discuss in class, go over homework, but yeah, there are plenty of non-graded assessments. Their grades, though, are based only on four essays and a capstone project. They learn with their first graded essay or test that they probably should have done the readings or in class work.

I honestly can't think of any my colleagues in other departments who assign piddly HW assignments that are worth any real weight.[/quote]

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