[Teacher317]

I also admire (*cough-cough*) the idea of having 2 numbers to represent "not proficient" while having only one for "proficient". Apparently binary systems are beyond our Dept of Education.

[Cronos]

The dumbing down of America is in progress, compare it with our rivals in China, India etc. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/938509/posts

[17th Miss Regt]

"When you give a letter grade, it's a blanket grade for the whole subject," Pence said. "And when you do the standards, it shows the parent the exact areas where the child needs to work. ...

This only works if parents care about how junior is doing in his classes. If they do care, they will pay close attention to the mid-term reports sent home and will apply a boot to the appropriate location as needed. I fail to see anything wrong with a blanket grade for an entire subject.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Apparently binary systems are beyond our Dept of Education

there are 10 kinds of people in this world. Thos who understand binary and the rest.

Guess where they fall? (And I mean fall)