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Anonymous wrote:Ranking and comparing others is fundamental to the upper middle class focus on “meritocracy.” This plan really hits that where it hurts.

No it doesn’t. It just hurts APS and APS students. The rest of the world will continue to focus on work done, grades earned, and tests passed. Because they measure ability, even though no one wants that to be true. This is a fad that will pass, but not before damaging effects.

Not really seeing where you’ve refuted my point.

Your point seems to be that the “meritocracy” is some sham that UMC people can turn off like a light switch and make everything hunky dory for people that don’t do well in school or won’t try. Nope. It’s simply a reality that UMC are more attuned to than others. This effort to not play the game is just a head in the sand move. The earth still revolves around the sun, and real grades still matter.

It hits these parents where it hurts because in their all consuming quest to preserve their place on top of the hierarchy, a credential from a top college is key. This type of grading muddies the water in terms of college admissions.

This. It hurts everyone over all when enrollment -and funding- go down.
Again, no, it doesn’t. Merit based assessments are what the rest of the world runs on. Parents with means will just leave APS, like they leave Alexandria. They go where grades matter and leave behind the people you think are helped by this kind of spiteful, stick it em policy.

Well, ok, I suppose they can pick up their marbles and leave for private schools.

Anonymous wrote:What ever happened to “we need to focus on improving reading scores?” I thought that was the priority.

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Anonymous wrote:Ranking and comparing others is fundamental to the upper middle class focus on “meritocracy.” This plan really hits that where it hurts.

No it doesn’t. It just hurts APS and APS students. The rest of the world will continue to focus on work done, grades earned, and tests passed. Because they measure ability, even though no one wants that to be true. This is a fad that will pass, but not before damaging effects.

Not really seeing where you’ve refuted my point.

Your point seems to be that the “meritocracy” is some sham that UMC people can turn off like a light switch and make everything hunky dory for people that don’t do well in school or won’t try. Nope. It’s simply a reality that UMC are more attuned to than others. This effort to not play the game is just a head in the sand move. The earth still revolves around the sun, and real grades still matter.

It hits these parents where it hurts because in their all consuming quest to preserve their place on top of the hierarchy, a credential from a top college is key. This type of grading muddies the water in terms of college admissions.

This. It hurts everyone over all when enrollment -and funding- go down.
Again, no, it doesn’t. Merit based assessments are what the rest of the world runs on. Parents with means will just leave APS, like they leave Alexandria. They go where grades matter and leave behind the people you think are helped by this kind of spiteful, stick it em policy.

Well, ok, I suppose they can pick up their marbles and leave for private schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Here we go again…competing parents groups will be formed, accusations will be made, petitions will be circulated, “economists” will be consulted, votes will be postponed, etc. On and on it goes.

It's the Arlington Way.

Doubt there will be a competing group. Arlington is full of parents who busted ass to get here and they are going to be pretty skeptical of this approach, which essentially says they did it wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Ranking and comparing others is fundamental to the upper middle class focus on “meritocracy.” This plan really hits that where it hurts.

No it doesn’t. It just hurts APS and APS students. The rest of the world will continue to focus on work done, grades earned, and tests passed. Because they measure ability, even though no one wants that to be true. This is a fad that will pass, but not before damaging effects.

Not really seeing where you’ve refuted my point.

Your point seems to be that the “meritocracy” is some sham that UMC people can turn off like a light switch and make everything hunky dory for people that don’t do well in school or won’t try. Nope. It’s simply a reality that UMC are more attuned to than others. This effort to not play the game is just a head in the sand move. The earth still revolves around the sun, and real grades still matter.

It hits these parents where it hurts because in their all consuming quest to preserve their place on top of the hierarchy, a credential from a top college is key. This type of grading muddies the water in terms of college admissions.

Again, no, it doesn’t. Merit based assessments are what the rest of the world runs on. Parents with means will just leave APS, like they leave Alexandria. They go where grades matter and leave behind the people you think are helped by this kind of spiteful, stick it em policy.

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Anonymous wrote:Here we go again…competing parents groups will be formed, accusations will be made, petitions will be circulated, “economists” will be consulted, votes will be postponed, etc. On and on it goes.

It's the Arlington Way.

Anonymous wrote:Here we go again…competing parents groups will be formed, accusations will be made, petitions will be circulated, “economists” will be consulted, votes will be postponed, etc. On and on it goes.

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Anonymous wrote:Ranking and comparing others is fundamental to the upper middle class focus on “meritocracy.” This plan really hits that where it hurts.

No it doesn’t. It just hurts APS and APS students. The rest of the world will continue to focus on work done, grades earned, and tests passed. Because they measure ability, even though no one wants that to be true. This is a fad that will pass, but not before damaging effects.

Not really seeing where you’ve refuted my point.

Your point seems to be that the “meritocracy” is some sham that UMC people can turn off like a light switch and make everything hunky dory for people that don’t do well in school or won’t try. Nope. It’s simply a reality that UMC are more attuned to than others. This effort to not play the game is just a head in the sand move. The earth still revolves around the sun, and real grades still matter.

It hits these parents where it hurts because in their all consuming quest to preserve their place on top of the hierarchy, a credential from a top college is key. This type of grading muddies the water in terms of college admissions.

Anonymous wrote:I can’t tell if this potential move by APS is trying to show that it is “with it,” well-intentioned, naive, or some mixture of these things.

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Anonymous wrote:Ranking and comparing others is fundamental to the upper middle class focus on “meritocracy.” This plan really hits that where it hurts.

No it doesn’t. It just hurts APS and APS students. The rest of the world will continue to focus on work done, grades earned, and tests passed. Because they measure ability, even though no one wants that to be true. This is a fad that will pass, but not before damaging effects.

Not really seeing where you’ve refuted my point.

Your point seems to be that the “meritocracy” is some sham that UMC people can turn off like a light switch and make everything hunky dory for people that don’t do well in school or won’t try. Nope. It’s simply a reality that UMC are more attuned to than others. This effort to not play the game is just a head in the sand move. The earth still revolves around the sun, and real grades still matter.

Anonymous wrote:In my 7th graders’ intensified algebra class, homework is assigned but not required. DD does it anyway (even though she is generally pretty disorganized thanks to ADHD) because she knows that homework helps her learn the material. If a kid can learn the material without doing the homework, it makes sense to me that they won’t be penalized for not jumping through that hoop.