Anonymous wrote:This is the thread about WL and Yorktown not equity.

Yorktown poster keeps complaining about equity with respect to WL.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid can do IB program at W-L then definitely do that over Yorktown. APS is implementing new grading for equity stds that will really hurt the rigor and caliber of the education. They can’t do that nonsense with IB though.

What does "grading for equity" mean?

Not giving or grading for homework and placing more emphasis on end of period tests so kids won’t be penalized for poor performance throughout a quarter but instead rewarded for their “progress” towards demonstrating that they meet the standards. Sounds good in theory but in practice kids may blow off most of the work until the end of the quarter.

No, it doesn't sound good in theory. At all. Especially for high school. This is not how life works. APS is rapidly going downhill.

+100 So glad my youngest is graduating this year.

2 years left for me and the countdown is on!

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid can do IB program at W-L then definitely do that over Yorktown. APS is implementing new grading for equity stds that will really hurt the rigor and caliber of the education. They can’t do that nonsense with IB though.

What does "grading for equity" mean?

Not giving or grading for homework and placing more emphasis on end of period tests so kids won’t be penalized for poor performance throughout a quarter but instead rewarded for their “progress” towards demonstrating that they meet the standards. Sounds good in theory but in practice kids may blow off most of the work until the end of the quarter.

No, it doesn't sound good in theory. At all. Especially for high school. This is not how life works. APS is rapidly going downhill.

+100 So glad my youngest is graduating this year.

This is the thread about WL and Yorktown not equity.

Grading “for equity” is such a stupid idea. I hate the name. I mean, why would you grade for any purpose other than the correct answer???

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid can do IB program at W-L then definitely do that over Yorktown. APS is implementing new grading for equity stds that will really hurt the rigor and caliber of the education. They can’t do that nonsense with IB though.

What does "grading for equity" mean?

Not giving or grading for homework and placing more emphasis on end of period tests so kids won’t be penalized for poor performance throughout a quarter but instead rewarded for their “progress” towards demonstrating that they meet the standards. Sounds good in theory but in practice kids may blow off most of the work until the end of the quarter.

No, it doesn't sound good in theory. At all. Especially for high school. This is not how life works. APS is rapidly going downhill.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid can do IB program at W-L then definitely do that over Yorktown. APS is implementing new grading for equity stds that will really hurt the rigor and caliber of the education. They can’t do that nonsense with IB though.

What does "grading for equity" mean?

Not giving or grading for homework and placing more emphasis on end of period tests so kids won’t be penalized for poor performance throughout a quarter but instead rewarded for their “progress” towards demonstrating that they meet the standards. Sounds good in theory but in practice kids may blow off most of the work until the end of the quarter.

According to the poster from FCCPS / Meridian HS, students there had no way of understanding their academic progress throughout the semester since grades were no longer averaged. So the new grading for equity system adds a lot of stress.

Also homework, class participation and projects don’t count towards the final grade so students lose that motivation to work during the semester, since students who do less work or no work may end up with the exact same end of semester grade.

FCCPS argued that the new system is like training for the Olympics, and only the final result counts.